Rescuers, villagers search for missing after Bosnia devastating floods


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  • Monday, 07 Oct 2024

A drone view shows rescue workers searching for victims after the floods and landslides in a village of Buturovic Polje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, October 7, 2024.REUTERS/Marko Djurica

BUTUROVIC POLJE, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Reuters) - Rescuers found another body on Monday in their search for survivors of devastating floods and landslides that swept across Bosnia three days ago, taking the death toll to at least 20.

Authorities in the southwestern Herzegovina-Neretva canton, which was hit hardest during the country's deadliest floods in years, confirmed on Monday that 16 people had died and nine were missing.

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