Norway’s Red Cross has started a "massive" operation and mobilized all units in the region to an area close to where a cruise ship is being evacuated, a spokesperson told CNN. The spokesperson said more than a hundred Red Cross volunteers are working with evacuees. The Red Cross has counselors and other staff available at a gym in the community of Fraena where the evacuees are being taken by helicopter. He said volunteers are there “for a shoulder to cry on” or for “hand holding” for people from the cruise ship after the evacuations. From there, the evacuees are being transferred to hotels in nearby towns, the spokesperson said.

Source: CNN March 23, 2019 20:50 UTC