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Bosonic

(3,746 posts) Fri May 16, 2014, 04:39 PM May 2014

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Bosnia and Serbia emergency after 'worst ever' floods

Source: BBC

States of emergency have been declared in parts of Bosnia and Serbia after the heaviest rain and worst floods since records began 120 years ago.

Overflowing rivers have burst into towns and villages, cutting off whole communities, while landslides have buried houses.

At least three people have drowned.

Army helicopters have been sent to evacuate thousands of stranded residents but reports say bad weather is hampering the rescue efforts.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-27439139

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Bosnia and Serbia emergency after 'worst ever' floods (Original Post) Bosonic May 2014 OP

OMG!! Delphinus May 2014 #1

Holy Cow!! 2naSalit May 2014 #2

I've never seen a bridge floating down the river and then crashing into another bridge. DeSwiss May 2014 #3

SAd blkmusclmachine May 2014 #4

My Great-Grandmother is from around Belgrade AnnieBW May 2014 #5

So sad. And these folks don't have much savings to rebuild. SunSeeker May 2014 #6

Delphinus

(11,831 posts)

1. OMG!!

Reply to Bosonic (Original post)

Fri May 16, 2014, 08:10 PM

May 2014

Those images are shocking!

2naSalit

(86,650 posts)

2. Holy Cow!!

Reply to Bosonic (Original post)

Fri May 16, 2014, 08:30 PM

May 2014

That's terrible! One of my dearest friends is from that area...

DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)

3. I've never seen a bridge floating down the river and then crashing into another bridge.

Reply to Bosonic (Original post)

Fri May 16, 2014, 09:23 PM

May 2014

K&R

blkmusclmachine

(16,149 posts)

4. SAd

Reply to Bosonic (Original post)

Fri May 16, 2014, 09:24 PM

May 2014

AnnieBW

(10,429 posts)

5. My Great-Grandmother is from around Belgrade

Reply to Bosonic (Original post)

Sat May 17, 2014, 12:02 AM

May 2014

I've always wanted to go to her village and see where she actually lived. Hopefully, the village will still be there after this.

SunSeeker

(51,574 posts)

6. So sad. And these folks don't have much savings to rebuild.

Reply to Bosonic (Original post)

Sat May 17, 2014, 08:42 PM

May 2014

They were all just scraping by even before this devastation.

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