Families in a tiny Swiss village are packing up after authorities issued an evacuation order with a weekend deadline because of the threat of a possible rockslide

Residents of the Swiss village of Brienz are being evacuated due to an impending rockslide hazard. Authorities, after consulting geological experts, have ordered villagers to collect essential items and leave by the weekend.

Authorities in eastern Switzerland have ordered residents of a tiny village to prepare to evacuate. That's because an Alpine rockslide looming overhead threatened to break loose and spill down on their homes.

A small Swiss village that attracted global attention last year when it was evacuated because the mountain face above it threatened to collapse onto it must be evacuated again, local officials said on Saturday.

Swiss villagers given deadline to evacuate as rockslide edges closer - The residents have been told they must leave by Sunday

Swiss village evacuated amid fears it will be swallowed up by giant landslide - The village of Brienz narrowly avoided being swept away in June last year