Rainfall that usually takes three months knock down in just three day over the Balkan Peninsula this month . The solvent isdevastating floodsand thou of landslides . To make everything just that much worse , the floods are also exposing landmines and washing away warning sign .
Turkeys in landslide debris in Topcic Polje , Bosnia . picture taking recognition : AP Photo / Sulejman Omerbasic
Extra - tropical cyclone Tamara pull in moisture from the Mediterranean Sea , deck it as heavy pelting flooding theBalkin peninsula . These inundation are the worst in the region for generations — Croatia , Bosnia and Herzegovina , andSerbiaare all bear on with the worst floods in 120 year of record - guardianship .
The Sava River overflowing its banks in Brcko , Bosnia . Image credit : AP Photo / Bosnia Army
NASA ’s Aqua satellite with the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer ( MODIS ) is unadulterated apace photograph these event . TheEarth Observatory is host an image pair from May a year apartto compare the floodwaters to May - normal . In thefalse - vividness image , using visible and near - infrared sluttish channels represent to blue - greenish - red .
In it , botany is green , humble cloud are white , high ice clouds and snow are cyan , and barren ground is chocolate-brown . The flood piss stand out as double-dyed lightlessness . The Sava River shorten through the peninsula has overrun its bank , swelling from the intemperate rain .
Bosnian soldiers ensure for displaced landmines , and replace word of advice signs . Photography credit : AP Photo / Sulejman Omerbasic
At least 100,000 social structure have been destroyed , thousands of farm animal animals have choke , and the latest news reports44 multitude die . A flood by itself is troubling enough , but flood always bring with it accessory disaster . pee is contaminated , landslide are more likely , and in a peculiarly local twist , landmines are more of a threat in the backwash of disaster . Landminesleft over from extensive war in 1992 - 95 were uncovered , moved , or had marking sign wash off away in the flood . translate first - person stories in the discussion section about how and why that is every bit as terrific as it sound , and then some .
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