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Ramnefjell
Nature's Catastrophes -1905 and
1936.
You see before you Mt. Ramnefjell;
a mountain that has tragic distinction in Norway's history. Landslides have
plummeted to the lake below several times. Landslides of such proportion
that they have twice almost obliterated two settlements. The landslide
caused subterranean waves that surged along the bottom of the lake and
developed into annihilating tidal waves when they reached shallower waters. |
In 1905 a total of 61 people were killed in the settlements of Nesdal and
Bodal. Only 9 persons were found, the other 52 found their grave in the
lake.
Just one generation later, there was a further landslide. In 1936, 74
persons were killed, of which 41 were never found. A gigantic tidal wave
swept through farmyards and destroyed everything in its path; people,
animal, farm buildings and cultivated fields. |
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