Floods affect over 1 million in Balkans, destruction "terrifying"

A man waits to be rescued from his house during heavy floods in Vojskova, May 19, 2014. REUTERS/Srdjan Zivulovic

MAGLAJ Bosnia/KRUPANJ Serbia (Reuters) - Bosnia said on Monday that more than a quarter of its 4 million people had been affected by the worst floods to hit the Balkans in living memory, comparing the "terrifying" destruction to that of the country's 1992-95 war.

The extent of the devastation became apparent in Serbia too, as waters receded in some of the worst-hit areas to reveal homes toppled or submerged in mud, trees felled and villages strewn with the rotting corpses of livestock.