Missing people presumed dead after Norway landslide, police chief says

Rescue workers interrupt the search in the ruins, following the large landslide that destroyed several buildings, after an alarm was triggered in the area, in Ask, Gjerdrum, Norway January 5, 2021. NTB/Terje Pedersen via REUTERS

OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian rescue workers gave up hope on Tuesday of finding more survivors from a Dec. 30 landslide that swept away a dozen buildings but vowed to continue the search for three people who are still missing.

Seven men, women and children have so far been found dead after a landslide struck a residential area in the municipality of Gjerdrum, some 30 km (19 miles) north of the capital, Oslo.