Landslides triggered by heavy rain hit Norway as hundreds are evacuated, with more showers expected

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Landslides triggered by heavy rain have occurred overnight across mountainous southern Norway, with police saying that more than 600 people were evacuated in the region north of Oslo. They described the situation are “unclear and chaotic” after Storm Hans battered parts of Scandinavia and the Baltics for several days, causing rivers to overflow, damaging roads and injuring people with falling branches. Thousands of people remained without electricity. More heavy rain is expected over southern Norway and central Sweden.