Resident recalls moment Bosnia flood waters engulfed his house

(7 Oct 2024)
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Buturovic Polje, Bosnia – 6 October 2024
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1. Various of flood damage
2. SOUNDBITE (Bosnian) Nedim Padalovic, resident of Buturovic Polje:
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“At a certain moment, I found myself up to my hips in the water, and the stream was taking me down but then I caught the nearby concrete fence and grabbed my brother for his arm, so we managed to reach lower water, and cross on the other side of the fence. Then we climbed on top of the house and waited for the morning to come. There was A power outage from 4am. We didn’t really know what was exactly going on. We heard the water hitting on the house. The roof of the house was damaged but that’s nothing compared to this disaster that happened here close to the river."
3. Destroyed house
4. Inside house flood damage
5. Flood damage
6. Car destroyed inside garage
7. Car inside garage
8. Various of flood damage
9. Aerial of flood damage
STORYLINE:
Rescue teams from Bosnia’s neighbours and European Union countries on Sunday were joining efforts to clear the rubble and find people still missing from floods and landslides that devastated parts of the Balkan country.

Bosnia sought EU help after a heavy rainstorm overnight on Friday left entire areas under water and debris destroyed roads and bridges, killing at least 18 people and wounding dozens.

Officials said that at least 10 people are still unaccounted for, many of them in the village of Donja Jablanica, in southern Bosnia, which was almost completely buried in rocks and rubble from a quarry on a hill above.

Residents there have said they heard a thundering rumble and saw houses disappear before their eyes.

Authorities said Croatian rescuers have already arrived while a team from Serbia is expected to be deployed in the afternoon, followed by a Slovenian team with dogs. Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Czechia and Turkey have also offered help, a government statement said.

Sunday is the date of a local election in Bosnia. Election authorities have postponed voting in the flood-hit regions, but the flooding has overshadowed the vote across the country.

Impoverished and ethnically divided, Bosnia has struggled to recover after the brutal war in 1992-95. The country is plagued by political bickering and corruption, stalling its EU bid.

AP video by Armin Durgut

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