Drones and search dogs have been deployed to negotiate the unstable clay in the bedroom, about 19 miles north of the capital Oslo, following the incident the day before, police spokesman Roger Peterson told reporters.

They're still searching for survivors.

The hardest plus the injured have been transported to hospital.

There are injured people in the emergency department.

We have a retirement home that has been evacuated on the evacuation is ongoing creating sound bite.

Locals were also asked not to send up fireworks to celebrate New Year's Eve, which could interfere with the rescue operation.

The ground is too unsafe for emergency workers toe walk on.

Some 1000 people have so far been evacuated overnight.

Police used drones with heat seeking equipment to search through the debris.

Helicopters have tried lowering military and police with search and rescue dogs onto some structures believed to be stable enough to stand on.

Norway's King Harald had said the landslide had left a deep impression, saying in a rare public statement.