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2. Balkan floods: Fears of new surge on Serbia's River Sava (BBC)
Sun May 18, 2014, 07:10 PM
May 2014

Emergency workers in Serbia are preparing for a "flood wave" on one of the country's main rivers.

Water levels on the River Sava are expected to peak later, threatening the country's biggest power plant.

It comes after the worst floods in the Balkans for decades left more than 35 dead and forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes.

In Bosnia-Hercegovina, landslides have buried houses and disturbed landmines laid during the war in the 1990s.

The floods are also affecting Croatia.


{caption: Aerial footage showed flooding near Serbia's Tesla power plant}



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more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27459184

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