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Days of heavy rain and snow across the Balkans left homes and fields flooded Monday, disrupted traffic on highways and at ports and caused power outages. In Serbia, authorities on Monday started clearing up tons of garbage that was clogging a southwestern lake after it was swept off from landfills by overflowing rivers. Emergency measures were announced in the southern Doljevac and Vlasotince municipalities, where rescue teams helped more than two dozen people evacuate their homes. The state RT...

Jan 11, 2021 TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian authorities said Sunday that military troops have supplied food and water to families in the northwest isolated from the recent flooding following heavy rainfall in the last week. A Defense Ministry statement reported at least 36 families evacuated in Lezha and Durres districts and homes of about 20 more were considered “uninhabitableî” after being damaged from the flooding. Authorities reported 18,400 acres of land flooded in Shkoder, Lezha a...

Text size Days of heavy rain and snow sparked flooding in parts of Kosovo and Albania on Monday as swollen rivers cut off road access to villages, damaged homes and inundated farmland. On the outskirts of Kosovos capital Pristina, cars were nearly submerged by the muddy floodwaters in some neighbourhoods, with rescuers using an inflatable dinghy to check in on residents in the surrounding apartment blocks. The Kosovo Security Forces said rescue operations were being carried out in "severa...

Days of heavy rain and snow across the Balkans has left homes and fields flooded, disrupted traffic on the roads and at sea and caused power outages

Days of heavy rain and snow across the Balkans has left homes and fields flooded, disrupted traffic on the roads and at sea and caused power outages.

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian authorities said Sunday that military troops have supplied food and water to families in the northwest isolated...