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Floods affect more than 1 million in Balkans

May 20, 2014, 1:44 AM EDT
HRTOVCI, SERBIA - MAY 17: Residents lay sand bags along a flooded road in the village of Hrtkovci, 60 kilometers west of Belgrade on May 17, 2024 in Hrtkovci, Serbia. Record flooding in the Balkans has left at least 20 people dead in Serbia and Bosnia and is forcing tens of thousands to flee their homes. Meteorologists say the flooding is the worst since records began 120 years ago and a further flood surge threatens on the river Sava soon . Credit Srdjan Stevanovic/Getty Images
Srdjan Stevanovic/Getty Images

Bosnia said on Monday that more than a quarter of its 4 million people had been affected by the worst floods to hit the Balkans in living memory, comparing the "terrifying" destruction to that of the country's 1992-95 war.

Background:

Floods affect over 1 million in Balkans, destruction 'terrifying' [Reuters]

Belgrade braces for flood surge [USAToday]
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