Boats pluck people from roofs as floods sweep Serbia and Bosnia


  • World
  • Friday, 16 May 2014

Serbian army soldiers evacuate a woman from a flooded house in the town of Obrenovac, east from Belgrade, May 16, 2014. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

OBRAC Serbia (Reuters) - Boats sailed through the streets of a Serbian town on Friday on a mission to rescue people trapped by rising waters as the worst floods ever recorded swept Serbia and Bosnia.

Some residents of Obrenovac, 30 km (20 miles) southwest of the capital Belgrade, were stranded on the roofs of their homes, calling for help.

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