Emergency teams in Serbia were searching for two people swept away by a swollen river in a southwestern town as floods led to evacuations and emergency measures, state RTS television reported on January 19. Heavy rainfall this week across the Balkans has caused rivers to rise dangerously in Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, and Kosovo, flooding some areas and threatening flood defenses elsewhere. The local power company in northern Albania had to release water from bulging reservoirs, flooding nearby areas for a third time in as many months. In northern Kosovo, authorities said parts of Mitrovica have been flooded, forcing people to evacuate. To read the original story from AP, click here. To see videos of the flooding from RFE/RL’s Balkan Service, click here.
Serbian TV Reports Two Missing As Rains Cause Flooding In Southwest
People stand by the river in Novi Pazar, Serbia, on January 19.