No More Critical Points for Floods in Serbia

Predrag Maric, head of police emergency sector, said on Sunday that the situation in all critical areas is stable and there is no risk of new flooding.

“There are no new critical point in terms of what we had over the past 12 days," Maric told Beta news agency.

The government did its job

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said Saturday that the floods should serve as a sharp reminder to the Serbian people but also as an example of “how the country and its people can get united in a situation.”

“A huge lesson, a huge experience ... A reminder for the future of the risks this can happen. Not so much a reminder to the government ... the government has done its job in the best possible way, especially the people who were here on the ground,” Nikolic told public Serbian broadcaster, RTS, on Saturday.

The floods were a “huge warning to citizens,” Nikolic said, adding that people have been called through all public media to evacuate and leave the areas threatened by floods.

“We all begged them, urging them through all media to evacuate and do what they were asked to. Today they probably realize that if only there had been a little more cooperation, we would be here now with no human victims,” he said.

Following Nikolic's appearance on the RTS, people on social media started making fun out of his words and accusing him for putting the blame on people instead on the state.

So far, 33 people have reportedly lost their lives, while over 31,000 have been evacuated. The authorities say it is the worst rainfall to hit Serbia in well over a century.

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