Several people have died in floods in Bosnia and Herzegovina and others are missing as torrential rain and landslides destroyed homes, roads and bridges across the centre of the country.
The municipality of Jablanica, about 70km (43 miles) southwest of the capital, Sarajevo, which bore the brunt of 24 hours of downpours, was completely cut off on Friday after road and railway links were destroyed.
“At least 14 dead were found in the Jablanica area,” said Darko Jukan, a spokesman for Bosnia’s interethnic presidency, a Bosniak, Serb and Croat tripartite. “There are a lot of people reported missing.”
The civil defence of the Bosniak-Croat Federation said the death toll could rise.
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Bosnia has declared a state of natural disaster after heavy rains caused floods and landslides on Friday that left at least 14 dead and cut transport links, officials said.
ReplyDeleteRescue operations are under way in the worst-hit parts of the country, the Herzegovina and Central Bosnia regions. The government announced extra funds and additional army units for the disaster area.