SWEPT AWAY: Powerful landslide sweeps eight houses into the sea in the Norwegian Arctic. No injuries were reported, and a dog that was washed into the ocean was able to swim back to land safely.
The scene of a landslide near Alta, Arctic Norway, seen Wednesday June 3, 2020, after a powerful landslide that took eight houses into the sea off northern Norway. Police spokesman Torfinn Halvari said a car was taken in the landslide but no people injured.
Bakkedal told The Associated Press on Thursday that he filmed Wednesday afternoon's powerful landslide near the town of Alta that swept eight houses into the sea off northern Norway.
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