Five municipalities without water after flood

Five Serbian municipalities have no water after the flooding of the Rzav River. In Sjenica, local officials have proclaimed an emergency situation because of the flooding. Five municipalities without water after flood Uzice fought off flooding by the Djetinje River with the help of town communal services and the local firefighters. Some 200 homes were flooded in Arilje and Pozega as well overnight, and more than 2,000 hectares of fertile land are also under water. These two towns, as well as Cacak, Gornji Milanovac and Lucani, do not have water currently. The flooding of the Rzav River also stopped work in the water plant in Arilje, which supplies drinking water to over 300,000 people in five municipalities of western Serbia. Rzav River (FoNet archive)

Five municipalities without water after flood

Užice fought off flooding by the Đetinje River with the help of town communal services and the local firefighters.

Some 200 homes were flooded in Arilje and Požega as well overnight, and more than 2,000 hectares of fertile land are also under water.

These two towns, as well as Čačak, Gornji Milanovac and Lučani, do not have water currently.

The flooding of the Rzav River also stopped work in the water plant in Arilje, which supplies drinking water to over 300,000 people in five municipalities of western Serbia.