HELSINKI—Norwegian authorities said Saturday they would evacuate an area in northern Norway where avalanches and landslides have killed four people, including tourists from Slovenia and Italy.
Norwegian police tweeted that the decision was based on a recommendation from the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute and would affect several parts of the Arctic municipality of Tromsoe.
Four people died and one person was critically injured in three separate avalanches in the area on Friday.
Norwegian news agency NTB said a ski tourist group from Slovenia was caught in the middle of an avalanche, and one of its members—a man in his 40s—was killed. An Italian male skier in his 30s and a Norwegian man and woman in their 60s also died, the agency said….