Switzerland is a success story in predicting landslides — but more must be done to help the rest of the world prepare for these deadly, unpredictable disasters.

Switzerland, which has the most glaciers of any country in Europe, saw 4% of its total glacier volume disappear in 2023, the second-biggest decline in a single year after a 6% drop in 2022.

Check dams set up on the water from the Lonza river flows over the mud and stone, after the formation of a lake by the last houses of the village of Blatten, Switzerland, Saturday, May 31, 2025.

Swiss evacuate livestock by hoof and helicopter because of landslide risk over Alpine village News-Press Now By Associated Press Published May 21, 2025 11:01 am ...

Swiss evacuate livestock by hoof and helicopter because of landslide risk over Alpine village by: JAMEY KEATEN, Associated Press Posted: May 21, 2025 / 09:01 AM PDT Updated: May 21, 2025 / 09:05 ...

FILE - A cow is flown by helicopter from the landslide area near the Bietschhorn in the Loetschental, to a farm in Ferden, Switzerland, Tuesday, May 20 2025. (Peter Klaunzer/Keystone via AP, file) ...

GENEVA (AP) — Not quite a flying cow, but almost: Swiss authorities added livestock to the list of evacuees along with about 300 people moved out of a village threatened by a possible landslide ...