Incredible videos shared on Twitter are showing the wild rough seas that have led to the evacuation of 1,300 people from a cruise ship off the coast of Norway.
The ship, Viking Cruise’s “Viking Sky,” sent a distress signal Saturday afternoon local time, reporting “engine problems in bad weather,” according to CNN. And videos from both inside the cruise ship and from the shore show how bad the seas are.
The BBC reports that at least one of the ship’s engines was successfully restarted, enabling the Viking Sky to move a bit further from the rocky shore. Not surprisingly, the BBC also notes, “The area is known as the Hustadvika and is reportedly one of the most dangerous stretches of Norway’s coast.” Read more…
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