Avalanche hits Norway’s remote Arctic Svalbard archipelago

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Six people suffered non-threatening injuries and several people are unaccounted for after an avalanche of snow on the remote Arctic archipelago of Svalbard hit 10 houses, authorities said Saturday. Tone Hertzberg, a spokeswoman for the governor of Svalbard, said “it would be logical” to believe that Saturday’s 1000GMT (5 a.m. EST) […]