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.

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

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

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.

Residents of a small Swiss village in eastern Switzerland have been alerted to prepare for evacuation due to an impending rockslide from the nearby Alps

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.

The Swiss village of Brienz must be evacuated again due to the risk of a rockslide. Local authorities in Albula have prepared for precautionary measures as residents face potential danger from falling rocks,

Authorities in charge of the eastern village of Brienz say they analyzed the potential danger with geology and natural-hazards specialists and recommended the precautionary evacuation by 1 p.m. Sunday, they said in a statement Tuesday. Christian Gartmann ...

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.