Rescue teams from the European Union and Bosnia’s neighbours joined forces on Sunday to clear the debris and locate those who are still missing after landslides and floods destroyed sections of the country in the Balkans.
After a strong rainstorm on Friday night submerged large regions, destroying roads and bridges, and leaving at least eighteen people dead and numerous others injured, Bosnia requested assistance from the EU.
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.
“We heard water and rock coming down from the hill. I told my son, Let’s go up to the attic, we don’t know what’s going to happen,” recalled Munevera Dautbegovic. “In the morning when we got out, we saw a large amount of sand around.”
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