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A number of homes in northern Norway collapsed into the sea on Wednesday due to a powerful landslide. Around 4 p.m. local time, authorities first received reports of the incident in Alta, a town ...
Alta (Norwegian; pronounced [ˈɑ̂ɫtɑ] ⓘ), Áltá (Northern Sami), or Alattio [4] is a town [1] in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.The town is the administrative centre of the municipality and the major commercial centre in the western part of the county.
The Alta conflict [1] or Alta controversy was a series of protests in Norway in the late 1970s and early 1980s against the construction of a hydroelectric power plant on the Alta River in Finnmark, Northern Norway.
The Alta landslide occurred on 3 June 2020 in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway near Kråkneset, a small village about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) southeast of the larger village of Talvik, Altafjorden. The landslide developed on a marine clay substrate that had originally formed in the early Holocene epoch when the area was under sea level.
Alta is the 59th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 21,708. The municipality's population density is 5.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (15/sq mi) and its population has increased by 9.5% over the previous 10-year period.
The Rock art of Alta (Helleristningene i Alta) are located in and around Alta Municipality in Finnmark county in northern Norway. Since the first carvings were discovered in 1973, more than 6,000 carvings have been found on several sites around Alta.
Norwegian skier Timon Haugan added to his first-run advantage to win a World Cup slalom by a large margin in Alta Badia on Monday. Haugan finished 1.13 seconds ahead of Loic Meillard of ...
Kvenvik in Alta, Norway Three representatives of the Norwegian Safety Investigation Authority (NSIA) [ b ] arrived at the crash site on 1 September to gather information. [ 22 ] The Norwegian Civil Defence assisted in safeguarding and searching the area, [ 23 ] and provided air transportation of personnel and equipment for police. [ 24 ]