More flooding in Serbia as rains continue
Heavy rain that fell late on Thursday caused more flooding in many parts of Serbia, with Vrnjačka Banja currently the hardest hit town.
Friday, 25.04.2014.
10:41
More flooding in Serbia as rains continue
Water flooded households and other structures, including hospitals, and damaged water supplies in some neighborhoods.In the municipality of Kraljevo in central Serbia the damage from the flooding has been appraised at RSD 200 million, mostly to the road infrastructure, including roads and bridges.
Torrential rains on Thursday caused the flooding of some neighborhoods in Čačak, where the power supply was also disrupted in places.
The Valjevo-Osečina road in western Serbia was closed during the night, while one lane was opened in the morning. More than 160 homes and 700 hectars of land were flooded in Osečina when the Jadar River broke its banks.
A rockslide near Valjevo also disrupted the Belgrade-Bar railroad during the night, but trains continued as scheduled this morning.
MUP's Emergency Sector chief Predrag Marić said that the Ibar River near Račka and the Jadar near Lešnica are expected to rise on Friday, and that more rain is expected on Monday.
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