I would be moderately concerned if I were the resident of that house on the right.
ty003 on
Title misspelling: This was probably caused by a quick-clay landslide, not a sinkhole.
Summary:
A landslide has destroyed both the E6 and the railway near Levanger in Norway, probably caused by quick clay. The incident occurred on Saturday morning 30.08.2025. A Danish worker is missing and presumed dead, and several residents have been evacuated as the ground remains unstable. Locals had long warned about the risk. The closure has created major traffic problems, with long detours—some through Sweden—and train services replaced by buses. Authorities say it may take weeks or even months before the route can reopen.
Ain’t that a landslide? Doesn’t look like a sinkhole.
No trees to hold the land with their roots, near a small slope close to water, tends to do that
Sir_Madfly on
That’s not a motorway.
9CF8 on
Why is is always the E6? It’s the same road as experienced a large land slide in Stenungsund, Sweden two years ago.
stinkypepes on
Part of me wonders if that house had a leaking septic tank or outflow of some sort and it has destabilised the ground towards the fjord, but that’s unlikely right?
Coffeeey on
The police said that the road will be closed for a couple of days. That’s quite the positive take on it.
Hvalhemligheten on
Landslide, not a sinkhole! We don’t have sinkholes in Scandinavia!
qjornt on
this is what the environment protestors laying on car roads want to prepare people for.
moralpanic85 on
Quick Clay landslides are crazy – literal example of a straw breaking a camels back: [https://youtu.be/3q-qfNlEP4A](https://youtu.be/3q-qfNlEP4A)
small_pint_of_lazy on
What makes this happen? Like, we can build stuff on clay without any real issues by using stabilisers. Do those not work with this particular kind of clay or what’s going on here?
OnlyTwoThingsCertain on
Why does a piece of land suddenly think to itself: “Time to go” ?
ArchieThomas72 on
Not sure what those people in that house did, but it must have been bad.
That won’t take them long too fix that, but if it happened in the uk, it would probably take a year too fix it.
Pyrosvetlana on
For people not familiar with Norway, the E6 is the main route from Oslo all the way to the Russian border. Having it closed like this means massive problems for anyone wanting to go further north, or people living in Trøndelag needing to go to Trondheim. In the article, there is a scheduled driving time between Stjørdal and Verdal of over 3 hours, something that usually takes around 30-40 minutes. Also, the Norwegian back roads are absolutely not built for a lot of traffic, this will be very annoying and costly for everyone involved. Besides that, the dead of the Danish builder is obviously also very tragic.
Poems_And_Money on
These things seem to happen quite often there. What’s the deal?
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I would be moderately concerned if I were the resident of that house on the right.
Title misspelling: This was probably caused by a quick-clay landslide, not a sinkhole.
Summary:
A landslide has destroyed both the E6 and the railway near Levanger in Norway, probably caused by quick clay. The incident occurred on Saturday morning 30.08.2025. A Danish worker is missing and presumed dead, and several residents have been evacuated as the ground remains unstable. Locals had long warned about the risk. The closure has created major traffic problems, with long detours—some through Sweden—and train services replaced by buses. Authorities say it may take weeks or even months before the route can reopen.
Full article in Norwegian:
https://www.vg.no/nyheter/i/mPkdO1/e6-i-levanger-stengt-etter-ras-omkjoering-via-sverige
Damn nature, you scary!
That’s not a sinkhole; it is a landslide.
Those trees will be great for the fishes
That looks like a landslide
Ain’t that a landslide? Doesn’t look like a sinkhole.
No trees to hold the land with their roots, near a small slope close to water, tends to do that
That’s not a motorway.
Why is is always the E6? It’s the same road as experienced a large land slide in Stenungsund, Sweden two years ago.
Part of me wonders if that house had a leaking septic tank or outflow of some sort and it has destabilised the ground towards the fjord, but that’s unlikely right?
The police said that the road will be closed for a couple of days. That’s quite the positive take on it.
Landslide, not a sinkhole! We don’t have sinkholes in Scandinavia!
this is what the environment protestors laying on car roads want to prepare people for.
Quick Clay landslides are crazy – literal example of a straw breaking a camels back: [https://youtu.be/3q-qfNlEP4A](https://youtu.be/3q-qfNlEP4A)
What makes this happen? Like, we can build stuff on clay without any real issues by using stabilisers. Do those not work with this particular kind of clay or what’s going on here?
Why does a piece of land suddenly think to itself: “Time to go” ?
Not sure what those people in that house did, but it must have been bad.
Goddamnit Normway is gorgeous
Land slide, not sinkhole
Shit happen sometimes. [https://litomericky.denik.cz/zpravy_region/vyroci-sesuv-svah-dalnice-d8-dobkovicky-20230605.html](https://litomericky.denik.cz/zpravy_region/vyroci-sesuv-svah-dalnice-d8-dobkovicky-20230605.html)
Obviously, the house’s drainage had a huge issue.
That won’t take them long too fix that, but if it happened in the uk, it would probably take a year too fix it.
For people not familiar with Norway, the E6 is the main route from Oslo all the way to the Russian border. Having it closed like this means massive problems for anyone wanting to go further north, or people living in Trøndelag needing to go to Trondheim. In the article, there is a scheduled driving time between Stjørdal and Verdal of over 3 hours, something that usually takes around 30-40 minutes. Also, the Norwegian back roads are absolutely not built for a lot of traffic, this will be very annoying and costly for everyone involved. Besides that, the dead of the Danish builder is obviously also very tragic.
These things seem to happen quite often there. What’s the deal?