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International rescue teams arrive in Bosnia after floods, landslides

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina: Massive rescue efforts were launched by rescue teams from Bosnia’s neighbors and European Union countries on October 6 to find people still missing from floods and landslides that inundated parts of the Balkan country.

Bosnia asked the EU for help after at least 18 people were killed and dozens were wounded when a heavy rainstorm on October 5 left entire areas under water and debris destroyed roads and bridges.

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

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

Regional Governor Nermin Niksic promised help to rebuild when he visited the village.

Earlier, Luigi Soreca, who heads the EU mission in Bosnia, said on X that teams were arriving to help. Bosnia is a candidate country for membership in the 27-nation bloc.

Sunday is the date of a local election in Bosnia, which has now been postponed.

Bosnia has struggled to recover after the brutal war between 1992 and 1995.

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