Flood-Hit Serbia Seeks Aid From Russia, EU in Record Rain
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Serbia declared a state of emergency and asked Russia, the European Union and Slovenia to send humanitarian and technical assistance after three days of record rainfall triggered floods that have killed five people.
Rising rivers forced hundreds from their homes and blocked traffic on the main roads to neighbors Montenegro and Macedonia. Power outages hit thousands of homes and utility Elektroprivreda Srbije JP said it may have to import electricity after flooding forced it to halt work at the open-pit coal mines that feed Serbia’s biggest thermal plants.