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Sunday, May 18, 2014

Russia, EU join flood relief efforts in Serbia, Bosnia

Serbian army soldiers evacuate people in boat in flooded town of Obrenovac By Matt Robinson BELGRADE (Reuters) - Two Russian cargo planes carrying food, generators and rescue boats landed in Serbia on Sunday as part of a relief effort after the worst floods in over a century killed more than 20 people in the Balkan country and neighbouring Bosnia. River levels were still rising in the Serbian capital Belgrade and west towards the Bosnian border, threatening power stations where volunteers joined the army and emergency services in building sandbag barriers. Tens of thousands of homes were without electricity in Serbia and around 150,000 in Bosnia, where whole swathes of the northeast of the country were under water. Authorities say there are fatalities after huge parts of the town, about 30 km (18 miles) southwest of Belgrade, were submerged under water.




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