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Residents face destroyed homes in Serbia's waterlogged Obrenovac

2014-05-19 1 Dailymotion

In the Serbian town of Obrenovac, residents can only gaze at the devastation.<br/> <br />Entire communities across Serbia and Bosnia are underwater, following the worst floods to hit the Balkans in at least 120 years.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Serbian) OBRENOVAC RESIDENT, GORAN DJORDJEVIC, CROUCHED ON WINDOWSILL, SAYING:<br/> <br />"All that I had is lost, we have nothing now. The house is broken, all is broken."<br/> <br />Obrenovac was especially hard hit.<br/> <br />Nearly 8,000 people were evacuated from here.<br/> <br />Most were transferred to the capital Belgrade.<br/> <br />Many who returned on Monday had little to come back to.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Serbian) OBRENOVAC RESIDENT, GORAN DJORDJEVIC, CROUCHED ON WINDOWSILL SAYING:<br/> <br />"So everything has gone, the house will go down."<br/> <br />The floods have killed at least 38 people, from drowning or landslides.<br/> <br />But that number is expected to rise.<br/> <br />Authorities in Bosnia think some half a million people were evacuated or left their homes.<br/> <br />The kind of hum

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