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BELGRADE - Five people have died, one of them a rescue worker, head of the Interior Ministry department for emergencies Predrag Maric has said.

One person from Varvarin, a town on the banks of the Great Morava, cental Serbia, is missing, he said at a meeting of the national headquarters for emergencies.

Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina have reported a death toll of at least 20 in the worst floods in the region in more than a century.

Serbia's Interior Ministry confirmed there had been at least 15 deaths in Serbia and another five in neighboring Bosnia-Herzegovina but unconfirmed reports put the numbers even higher, at over 30.

BELGRADE - The intense fight to save human lives in the floods in Serbia continues on Saturday, and the most critical situation still remains in the Belgrade municipality of Obrenovac which is completely flooded.

Death toll in flood-hit town of Obrenovac unknown

BELGRADE -- The flood-hit areas of Obrenovac and Barič near Belgrade, Sremska Mitrovica in the north and Krupanj and Šabac in western Serbia remain the most critical.

The village of Barič has been preventively evacuated, with the flood wave on the Sava River expected to arrive later on Saturday.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic stated that Serbia is ready for the next flood wave expected to hit Sabac, on the western bank of the Sava River, late on Sunday.

BELGRADE/BARIC - Evacuation of citizens from the Baric settlement in the vicinity of the Belgrade municipality of Obrenovac began on Saturday some time around 1 p.m. after the area was hit by severe floods two days ago.

BELGRADE - Thousands of people in Serbia have been hit by catastrophic floods over the past three days and the most critical situation is still raging in the Belgrade municipality of Obrenovac, Head of the Emergency Situation Sector Predrag Maric stated early on Saturday.

Thousands of rescuers in boats and police and army in helicopters are trying to prevent further damage in the town of Obrenovac, south of Belgrade, after the Kolubara river burst its banks and flooded 90 per cent of the town.

The Interior Ministry said more than 4,000 people had been evacuated already from Obrenovac, and more requests for evacuation are coming.

Serbia battles floods, more than 7,600 evacuated

BELGRADE -- More than 7,618 people have been evacuated in Serbia in the past two days as the country battles severe flooding, the Interior Ministry has announced.

BELGRADE - The U.S. Embassy in Belgrade expressed deep sympathy with thousands of Serbian citizens hit by floods and released that it has set aside USD 100,000 worth of assistance for the purpose.