Other 2005 Precipitation-induced Damage in West Norway
A few days before the Hatlestad slide, a landslide damaged a house elsewhere in Bergen, causing structural damage but no personal injury. Two months later, on Nov. 14, high precipitation hit again and caused a landslide which killed a construction worker at a construction site in Hetlebakken, Bergen. There were also landslides in the town of Voss, but these caused no damage.
The precipitation also caused a river in the area of Nesttun to swell and cause flood damage. A plan for leading water out of the river come floods was proposed years before Kristin, but has to this day not become a reality, and Nesttun is still at high risk of flood damage come high precipitation. This has upset residents of the area, some of which are demanding that until the issue is resolved, the municipality should be responsible for compensating victims of flood damage in the area.
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