RESCUE teams from Bosnia’s neighbours and European Union countries joined forces today to clear the rubble and find people still missing from floods and landslides that devastated parts of the Balkan country.

Bosnia sought EU help after a heavy rainstorm overnight on Friday left entire areas under water and debris destroyed roads and bridges, killing at least 18 people and wounding dozens.

Officials said that at least 10 people are still unaccounted for, many of them in the village of Donja Jablanica, in southern Bosnia, which was almost completely buried in rocks and rubble from a quarry on a hill above.

Residents there have said that they heard a thundering rumble and saw houses disappear before their eyes.

Luigi Soreca, who heads the EU mission in Bosnia, said on X that  teams were arriving to help. Bosnia is a candidate country for membership in the 27-nation bloc.

Authorities said that Croatian rescuers have already arrived while a team from Serbia is expected to be deployed in the afternoon, followed by a Slovenian team with dogs. 

Local elections set for today across Bosnia were postponed in the flood-hit regions.

Ismeta Bucalovic, a resident of Sarajevo, Bosnia’s capital, said: “We are all overwhelmed by these flooding events. We all think only about that.”