One Man Dead, One Unaccounted For In Serbian Floods

A man uses a pump to drain water from his yard in Cacak, Serbia, on January 19.

The body of a man has been pulled from a swollen river in southwestern Serbia and rescuers are searching for another man, while emergency services in Bosnia-Herzegovina rescued a pregnant woman from the floods that have hit the Western Balkans in recent days. Heavy rains and stormy winds that struck Bosnia, Serbia, Kosovo, and Montenegro earlier in the week and caused major floods have now turned into snow and sleet, meteorologists said, warning that they will last until next week in most of the region. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Balkan Service, click here.