Balkans | Heavy rains cause floods in Bosnia and Herzegovina

In the cities of Tuzla and Teslik in Bosnia and Herzegovina, homes and workplaces were inundated due to flooding caused by heavy rains.

Heavy rains caused floods in the cities of Selec and Koraj in the Tuzla Canton in the northeast of the country and Teslik in Republika Srpska, one of the two entities in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In Celik and Kuraj, municipality teams and search and rescue teams rescued those stranded by floods and started the process of draining water.

Many residences and businesses sustained material damage due to the floods.

Cilic Municipality declared a state of emergency due to flooding throughout the city. On the other hand, some officials have expressed fears that new floods will form if the rains continue.

In the city of Taslik, trees that fell due to floods and storms damaged housing. As the rains stopped, many of the people whose homes were flooded went into the houses to save their belongings.

Milan Milicevic, mayor of Teslik, where the flood occurred, said that teams are working in the field to eliminate the negatives caused by the flood.

Milicevic stated that it rained heavily and the flood occurred suddenly, and said that they put a family with a small child in temporary housing.

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