Floodwaters roll over homes, farmland in Balkans as toll rises to 42

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Belgrade, Rajab 21, 1435, May 20, 2014, SPA -- Thousands of people in Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia were evacuated late Monday and early Tuesday as rising floodwaters swallowed homes and farmland after last week's record rains, dpa reported. Croatia reported a second death from the flooding, bringing the overall death toll to at least 42 as the river Sava submerged several villages and threatened to spill into the eastern city of Slavonski Brod. Just across the border in northern Bosnia, more than 11,000 people fled their homes in the areas of Orasje and Bijeljina as an estimated one-quarter of Bosnia's 3.8 million people have been affected by the flooding. At least 20 people have drowned in Bosnia, and several people are missing. Another 20 people have been killed in Serbia. --SPA 11:57 LOCAL TIME 08:57 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w

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