Swedish/Norwegian Road collapse due to global warming

E6 motorway collapses
A new motorway south of the Swedish-Norwegian border and Strømstad collapsed during the night, and experts fear the same thing can happen to Norwegian roads. They blame climate change.
The E6 highway that runs from Norway south to Uddevalla and beyond was in ruins at Munkedal, Sweden on Thursday. Several motorists were injured when the road gave out below them just north of Uddevalla, but no one was killed.
Terje Bargel of the Norwegian geologic survey agency NGU attributed the frightening incident "in all probability" to a subterranean landslide. He told Aftenposten.no that areas of southeastern Norway are subject to similar landslides.
Warmer temperatures this fall and winter, along with heavy rain, have made the ground more unstable, Bargel noted. "The water builds up in loose masses of earth, and that can set off landslides," he said.
"We can see that slides are occurring where we haven't had them before," he said.
Frode Oset, a chief engineer with the Norwegian highway department, claimed Norwegian roads are well-secured, "but we can't guarantee that something like this won't happen in Norway."
He added, though, that he's worked with ground studies for nearly 50 years, and feels secure when he's out driving.
Police searched the area around Munkedal with dogs during the night, in case anyone was buried in the slide. Nearly 30 persons in at least 14 vehicles were caught when the road collapsed under them around 7:15 pm.
Witnesses described the scene as chaotic, and search and rescue efforts were difficult because of darkness. Several motorists were found screaming inside their cars, but none was seriously injured after being pulled out.
The highway is the main artery between Oslo and Gothenburg but remained blocked at Munkedal indefinitely. Police initially opted to redirect southbound traffic via the Finnsbo ferry and Lysekil, and northbound traffic around Sredsvik.
Aftenposten English Web DeskNina Berglund/NTB
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