At Least 37 Dead, Thousands Displaced in Massive Balkan Floods

Soldiers, police and volunteers battled to protect power plants in Serbia from rising flood waters on Sunday as the death toll from the Balkan region's worst rainfall in more than a century rose to at least 37.   Twelve bodies were recovered from the worst-hit Serbian town of Obrenovac, 30 kilometers southwest of the capital, Belgrade.   “The situation is catastrophic,” Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said, and warned that the death toll would likely rise.   About...

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