Due to the rising water level of side canals and torrents, the Brod-Posavina County Protection and Rescue Centre on Tuesday declared flood emergency measures for the eastern town of Slavonski Brod and the nearby municipalities of Sibinj, Podcrkavlje and Gornja Vrba.
The situation was most critical in Slobodnica and Bartolovci in Sibinj municipality. Several family houses have been flooded and water has seeped into more than 50 basements. Some local and county roads have also been flooded.
The situation is critical in Osijek-Baranja County as well, due to flooding in the wake of heavy rainfall. In some parts of the county, residents have been warned not to drink well water. The residents of Ladjanska and Dragotin near Djakovo might be evacuated in the course of the day, Prefect Vladimir Sisljagic told press.
About 30 per cent of cropland in Vukovar-Srijem County has been flooded due to heavy rain which has been falling since Sunday, said Darko Juzbasic from the county office for agriculture. He added that natural disaster could be declared after the rain stops.
Rain has been falling constantly since Sunday in the Djakovo area as well, causing difficulties in a number of villages where nearly 90 litres of rain per square metre has fallen. In Levanjska Varos municipality, the Breznica canal has flooded and is threatening local villages, notably Ratkov Dol, where water has reached houses.
