What can be done about ground movements?

To protect the population from landslides, authorities can take several measures, such as installing nets on cliffs and gabion walls or prohibiting construction in high-risk areas.

Meteorological monitoring, including rainfall monitoring, which can be a triggering factor, is also an essential tool, as is geological monitoring, earthquakes or volcanic eruptions, which can trigger ground movements.

How to respond to landslides

Citizens should find out about risk areas and stay away from them.

During a landslide, buildings must be evacuated and people must not return inside. They must quickly move away from the danger zone, heading in the opposite direction to the danger.

After a landslide, never go to the site before experts have investigated it, as the ground remains unstable.