At least 18 people were killed as flash floods caused devastation in parts of central Bosnia and Herzegovina over October 3 and 4, according to
Bosnian media, citing officials.The worst-affected area was Jablanica, a town and municipality in Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, where at least 16 of the victims were found,
reports said. Two other bodies were found in Fojnica, about 20 miles north of Jablanica.The death toll was expected to rise as around 40 people remained missing in the Jablanica area, the
Oslobodjenje newspaper reported.Just south of Jablanica, near the village of Donja Jablanica, floods triggered a landslide that destroyed a large section of railway and left a 200-meter stretch of train tracks dangling in the air, according to the country’s railway authority, which
released images from the scene.This footage from
Ibro Hero, a member of the local council in the neighboring Konjic municipality, shows Donja Jablanica devastated by a large landslide, and a mountain road left blocked by a rockslide and damaged by flooding. Credit: Ibro Hero via Storyful