Landslides are bringing more misery to the Balkans, with homes collapsing after record rainfall that has left at least 45 people dead.<br /><br />International emergency aid teams are working in Bosnia and Serbia where tens of thousands of people have had to flee their homes but more help is needed.<br /><br />It follows the Balkan region’s worst deluge in more than a century, with three months worth of rain falling in the space of a few days.<br /><br />“What we need most is more medication for blood pressure, diabetes and diarrhoea as well as painkillers,” said one local doctor in the northeastern Bosnian city of Samac. <br /><br />“We can distribute it to the people who are staying here.”<br /><br />The River Sava, swollen by days of torrential rain, has already burst its banks and levels were expected to rise further.<br /><br />But rains have eased and flood waters receded in many places. It has revealed the full extent of the damage. <br /><br />As people pour into makeshift shelters, including a big sports centre in Serbia’s capital Belgrade, tennis ace and national hero Novak Djokovic has added his voice to calls for help for his homeland.
