A photo from open sources Tens of thousands of residents of Bosnia and Serbia were forced to leave their homes due to catastrophic floods, caused by torrential rains. The element has already claimed 20 lives, reports Associated Press. Flooding threatened several cities of Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as Croatia. IN Serbia, which declared a state of emergency under water there were about 2 thousand buildings, another 88 thousand houses were left without electricity. Rescuers evacuated in various regions of the country more than 15 thousand people. The operation involved helicopters. The most difficult situation in the city of Obrenovac to the southwest from Belgrade, which was flooded overlooking the river Kolubara. TO At present, about 4 thousand inhabitants of this city have been evacuated, floods could reach Serbia’s most powerful power station “Nikola Tesla”. The water level in Sava River. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, the elements claimed 12 lives, while authorities do not rule out that the number of victims will increase when rescuers get to flooded areas. The most difficult situation observed in the city of Bielina in the north-east of the country, where about 5 thousand houses are flooded, the water there reaches the level of the second floors. About 10 thousand inhabitants were evacuated from the city. Landslides caused by heavy rains, also destroyed many houses in the country, not yet to recover from the effects of the 1990s civil war years. According to weather forecasters, the current flood is the most severe for the entire 120-year history of meteorological observations. To the Balkans in three days the three-month rainfall has already fallen, which happens once every 100 years. At the same time, the rains are expected to weaken no earlier than Sunday. Serbian Prime Minister Alexander Vucic warned of a new wave high water. Thousands of volunteers responded to the call of the authorities to help build a protective dam along the shores of the Sava. Chapter the rescuers of Serbia Predrag Maric called the incident “a disaster, which so far has never been. “According to him, destroyed dozens of settlements, and up to a number of affected areas now can only be reached by helicopter, and due to lack of drinking water and food there is a heavy humanitarian situation. Belgrade and Sarajevo were forced to apply for international help. Russia and their rescuers have already sent many countries of the European Union. Sergey BOBCHINSKIY
Water Life of Nikola Tesla
