Bosnia mourning day after worst flood of century

A national day of mourning has been declared in Bosnia-Herzegovina so that people can mourn those whose lives were taken by the worst flood of the century.

The death toll is now at 47 in Bosnia and Serbia together but, once the waters recede, more bodies are expected to be revealed.

Those still alive have little to look ahead for after 500,000 people had had to be removed from their flooded homes and about one million others have no clean water.

The raging torrents did more than flood cities and villages. Torrential rains have caused massive landslides that are 'destroying the country', according to Bosnian Foreign Minister, Zlatko Lagumdzija: 'The landslides are absolutely destroying the country. We have registered about more than two thousand landslides. If I also tell you we have about 9,400 mine fields.'

The unexploded mines have been buried since the Balkans war in the 1990s.

Bosnia and Serbia have sought international help as the two governments can no longer cope with the entire situation.

As rescue teams are making efforts not to leave anyone behind, authorities now worry about the spread of disease.