![Bosnian workers inspect the damage on heavy machinery after devastating flooding at a coal mine in the village of Sikulje on Thursday, May 22. Heavy rainfall in Serbia and neighboring Bosnia-Herzegovina has resulted in the worst flooding since records began 120 years ago, meteorologists say.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140522092152-01-balkans-flood-0522.jpg?q=w_2700,h_1800,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Record flooding in Balkans —
Bosnian workers inspect the damage on heavy machinery after devastating flooding at a coal mine in the village of Sikulje on Thursday, May 22. Heavy rainfall in Serbia and neighboring Bosnia-Herzegovina has resulted in the worst flooding since records began 120 years ago, meteorologists say.
![Dogs from the flood-hit town of Obrenovac stay in a shelter in Belgrade, Serbia, on May 22.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140522092157-02-balkans-flood-0522.jpg?q=w_3000,h_1994,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Record flooding in Balkans —
Dogs from the flood-hit town of Obrenovac stay in a shelter in Belgrade, Serbia, on May 22.
![A woman rides a bicycle past a flooded cemetery in Domaljevac, Bosnia-Herzegovina, on Wednesday, May 21.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140521130552-01-balkans-0521.jpg?q=w_2000,h_1125,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Record flooding in Balkans —
A woman rides a bicycle past a flooded cemetery in Domaljevac, Bosnia-Herzegovina, on Wednesday, May 21.
![A rescued dog rests in an animal shelter in Drazevac, Serbia, on May 21.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140521130714-02-balkans-0521.jpg?q=w_4300,h_2418,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Record flooding in Balkans —
A rescued dog rests in an animal shelter in Drazevac, Serbia, on May 21.
![Residents clean streets of mud and rubble after a landslide in Topcic Polje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, on Tuesday, May 20.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140521131620-03-balkans-0521.jpg?q=w_2000,h_1125,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Record flooding in Balkans —
Residents clean streets of mud and rubble after a landslide in Topcic Polje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, on Tuesday, May 20.
![Bosnian soldiers repair land-mine warning signs in fields near the banks of the Bosnia River, which flooded near the town of Visoko, Bosnia-Herzegovina, on May 20.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140520151322-02-balkans-0520.jpg?q=w_3211,h_1806,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Record flooding in Balkans —
Bosnian soldiers repair land-mine warning signs in fields near the banks of the Bosnia River, which flooded near the town of Visoko, Bosnia-Herzegovina, on May 20.
![A man walks past a damaged house in Krupanj, Serbia, on May 20.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140520151456-03-balkans-0520.jpg?q=w_2000,h_1125,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Record flooding in Balkans —
A man walks past a damaged house in Krupanj, Serbia, on May 20.
![A man holds dead livestock near Samac, Bosnia-Herzegovina, on May 20.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140520151625-04-balkans-0520.jpg?q=w_2000,h_1125,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Record flooding in Balkans —
A man holds dead livestock near Samac, Bosnia-Herzegovina, on May 20.
![Floodwaters overtake Obrenovac, Serbia, on Monday, May 19.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140520063910-01-balkans-0520.jpg?q=w_3000,h_1688,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Record flooding in Balkans —
Floodwaters overtake Obrenovac, Serbia, on Monday, May 19.
![Floodwaters surround houses in Obrenovac on May 19.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140519113721-01-balkans-0519.jpg?q=w_2000,h_1125,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Record flooding in Balkans —
Floodwaters surround houses in Obrenovac on May 19.
![Police officers help an elderly women get out of a vehicle in Obrenovac on May 19.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140519113852-02-balkans-0519.jpg?q=w_2000,h_1125,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Record flooding in Balkans —
Police officers help an elderly women get out of a vehicle in Obrenovac on May 19.
![People take shelter at a sports center in Odzak, Bosnia-Herzegovina, on May 19.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140519113947-03-balkans-0519.jpg?q=w_2000,h_1125,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Record flooding in Balkans —
People take shelter at a sports center in Odzak, Bosnia-Herzegovina, on May 19.
![People walk past damaged houses in Krupanj on Sunday, May 18.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140519114101-restricted-04-balkans-0519.jpg?q=w_2000,h_1125,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Record flooding in Balkans —
People walk past damaged houses in Krupanj on Sunday, May 18.
![Residents place sandbags on a road near Orasje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, to protect the city from flooding on May 18.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140518153035-01-balkan-flooding-0518.jpg?q=w_4522,h_3040,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Record flooding in Balkans —
Residents place sandbags on a road near Orasje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, to protect the city from flooding on May 18.
![An aerial photo shows the flooding in Brcko, Bosnia-Herzegovina, on May 18.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140518153558-02-balkan-flooding-0518.jpg?q=w_1024,h_757,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Record flooding in Balkans —
An aerial photo shows the flooding in Brcko, Bosnia-Herzegovina, on May 18.
![A woman walks past sandbags along the banks of the Sava River, in the Serbian city of Sremska Mitrovica on May 18.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140518153905-03-balkan-flooding-0518.jpg?q=w_1024,h_642,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Record flooding in Balkans —
A woman walks past sandbags along the banks of the Sava River, in the Serbian city of Sremska Mitrovica on May 18.
![Police officers help a villager evacuate his farm in anticipation of flooding in Sremska Raca, Serbia, on May 18.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140518154112-04-balkan-flooding.jpg?q=w_1024,h_712,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Record flooding in Balkans —
Police officers help a villager evacuate his farm in anticipation of flooding in Sremska Raca, Serbia, on May 18.
![A police vehicle drives through a flooded street in Obrenovac on May 18.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140518154307-05-balkan-flooding.jpg?q=w_3000,h_2058,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Record flooding in Balkans —
A police vehicle drives through a flooded street in Obrenovac on May 18.
![A rescuer carries an elderly woman out of her flooded house in Obrez, Serbia, on Saturday, May 17.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140517202337-02-blakan-floods-0517.jpg?q=w_1024,h_734,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Record flooding in Balkans —
A rescuer carries an elderly woman out of her flooded house in Obrez, Serbia, on Saturday, May 17.
![Residents ride in a wagon pulled by a tractor through a flooded field in the eastern Bosnian town of Bijeljina on May 17.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140517201941-01-balkan-floods-0517.jpg?q=w_3000,h_2060,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Record flooding in Balkans —
Residents ride in a wagon pulled by a tractor through a flooded field in the eastern Bosnian town of Bijeljina on May 17.
![Serbian soldiers rescue a boy from a flooded house in Obrenovac on May 17.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140526101047-balkans-flood-0517-restricted.jpg?q=w_3500,h_2333,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Record flooding in Balkans —
Serbian soldiers rescue a boy from a flooded house in Obrenovac on May 17.
![A Bosnian man looks through the doorway of his business in Banja Luka on May 17.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140517202604-03-balkan-floods.jpg?q=w_1024,h_1009,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Record flooding in Balkans —
A Bosnian man looks through the doorway of his business in Banja Luka on May 17.
![Bosnian men ride a tractor through flooded streets of Banja Luka on May 17.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140517202730-04-balkan-floods.jpg?q=w_1024,h_650,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Record flooding in Balkans —
Bosnian men ride a tractor through flooded streets of Banja Luka on May 17.
![Men paddle through the flooded streets of Obrenovac on Friday, May 16. Authorities estimate that 90% of the town has been flooded.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140516205430-01-balkans-flooding-restricted.jpg?q=w_3844,h_2542,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Record flooding in Balkans —
Men paddle through the flooded streets of Obrenovac on Friday, May 16. Authorities estimate that 90% of the town has been flooded.
![A member of the Bosnian army carries a boy rescued from his home May 16 in the town of Maglaj.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140516210321-02-balkans-flooding.jpg?q=w_2700,h_1800,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Record flooding in Balkans —
A member of the Bosnian army carries a boy rescued from his home May 16 in the town of Maglaj.
![A woman tries to reach a trash container floating in the floodwaters in Obrenovac on May 16.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140516210719-03-balkans-flooding.jpg?q=w_2187,h_1458,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Record flooding in Balkans —
A woman tries to reach a trash container floating in the floodwaters in Obrenovac on May 16.
![People flee their homes in Obrenovac on May 16.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140516210938-04-balkans-flooding.jpg?q=w_2187,h_1458,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Record flooding in Balkans —
People flee their homes in Obrenovac on May 16.
![A man walks outside his home after severe floods in Obrenovac on May 16.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140516211318-05-balkans-flooding.jpg?q=w_2187,h_1458,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Record flooding in Balkans —
A man walks outside his home after severe floods in Obrenovac on May 16.
![Men empty buckets of water from a yard in Obrenovac on May 16.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140516211609-06-balkans-flooding.jpg?q=w_2187,h_1458,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Record flooding in Balkans —
Men empty buckets of water from a yard in Obrenovac on May 16.
![A child smiles from a car window on a flooded street in a suburb of Belgrade, Serbia, on Thursday, May 15.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140516211842-07-balkans-flooding.jpg?q=w_2187,h_1458,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Record flooding in Balkans —
A child smiles from a car window on a flooded street in a suburb of Belgrade, Serbia, on Thursday, May 15.
![Homes are flooded May 15 after rivers overflowed in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140516212212-08-balkans-flooding-restricted.jpg?q=w_2437,h_1625,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Record flooding in Balkans —
Homes are flooded May 15 after rivers overflowed in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
![A man works to divert a stream of water from his home near Zenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina, on May 15.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140516212551-09-balkans-flooding.jpg?q=w_2334,h_1640,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Record flooding in Balkans —
A man works to divert a stream of water from his home near Zenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina, on May 15.
![Landslide debris and floodwaters surround houses May 15 in the Bosnian village of Topcic Polje.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140516212731-10-balkans-flooding.jpg?q=w_3000,h_1991,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Record flooding in Balkans —
Landslide debris and floodwaters surround houses May 15 in the Bosnian village of Topcic Polje.
![A man surveys the damage after a landslide near Sarajevo on May 15.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140516213016-11-balkans-flooding-restricted.jpg?q=w_4608,h_3256,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Record flooding in Balkans —
A man surveys the damage after a landslide near Sarajevo on May 15.
![Floodwaters surround a car parked on a ramp Wednesday, May 14, in Doglodi, Bosnia-Herzegovina.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140516213234-12-balkans-flooding.jpg?q=w_3000,h_1965,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Record flooding in Balkans —
Floodwaters surround a car parked on a ramp Wednesday, May 14, in Doglodi, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
![People work to clear debris from a small stream that was clogged and causing localized flooding near their homes in Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina, on Sunday, May 12.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140516213715-13-balkans-flooding.jpg?q=w_3888,h_2592,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
Record flooding in Balkans —
People work to clear debris from a small stream that was clogged and causing localized flooding near their homes in Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina, on Sunday, May 12.