The floods that struck Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia and Slovenia from 13 May 2014 have affected over 1 million people across the region. Media reports say that at least 35 people have been killed in the disaster.
The area saw record levels of rain fall between 13 and 18 May 2014. Some reports claim 3 months of rain fell in a few days. Levels of rain during this period were the highest ever recorded in the region.
River levels rose dramatically, completely inundating some towns and villages. As many as 75,000 people had to be evacuated by emergency or military personnel in Serbia, Bosnia and Croatia. Almost one third of Bosnia was said to be under water at the peak of the flooding.
The damage is expected to cost billions in repairs and economic losses. Worst still, the flooding and landslides in parts of northern Bosnia have unearthed old land mines from the Bosnian was of the 1990s. Some land mines may have been swept away by raging rivers. Bosnian authorities are working to locate shifted mines, a virutally impossible task considering there are 120,000 land mines spread around 13,000 different locations of the country.
As part of our efforts to document in some way each major flooding incident from around the world, we are now working on building a collection of photos and images from devastating floods that struck the Balkan region from 13 May 2014 onwards. The collection includes photos of the floods in Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia and Slovenia. We will add to the collection as more photos of the disaster are released.
See our collection of photos of the Balkan Floods, May 2014 – Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia on our Pinterest Boards here.
