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Friday 19 of April 2024

Woman films moment an avalanche in central Norway came down


AP Photo,In this photo taken from amateur video, an avalanche cascades down the mountain-side towards the village of Sundal, Norway, Tuesday March 5, 2019. The amateur video shows the avalanche racing down the side of a mountain above the village, but there are no reports of injuries. (AP Photo/Gunn Gravem Isaksen)
AP Photo,In this photo taken from amateur video, an avalanche cascades down the mountain-side towards the village of Sundal, Norway, Tuesday March 5, 2019. The amateur video shows the avalanche racing down the side of a mountain above the village, but there are no reports of injuries. (AP Photo/Gunn Gravem Isaksen)

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Norwegian woman showed her quick wits when filming a “dramatic” avalanche that was cascading down towards her home.

Gunn Gravem Isaksen told The Associated Press she was at home in central Norway when the avalanche occurred on Tuesday.

On realizing what was going on, she rushed out onto her porch and started filming the avalanche in the Kufonna mountain in the Sunndal municipality, a region widely known for its early spring avalanches.

Gravem Isaksen, a shop manager from the town of Furugrenda at the foot of Kufonna, said Wednesday that the video certainly “looks dramatic” but that first and foremost she was grateful no one was injured.