Get your shit together, weather: 2 Drown in Serbia as Floods Hit Across Balkans

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[quote]Two people drowned in Serbia and the country declared a national emergency Thursday as rain-swollen rivers across the Balkans flooded roads and bridges, shut down schools and cut off power. Hundreds of people had to be evacuated.

In Serbia and neighboring Bosnia, meteorologists said the rainfall was the most since measuring started 120 years ago. Belgrade authorities say the average rainfall of a two-month period hit the city in just 40 hours.

"What we are facing is the biggest water catastrophe in Serbia's history," Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said as his government appealed for help from the European Union, Russia and neighboring countries.

Surging water coursed through towns and villages, overflowing across streets and into homes, sweeping bridges off their moorings. Sodden hills crumbled into landslides. Dozens of buses and cars were stranded on flooded roads and two main north-south railway lines in Serbia were impassable.[/quote]

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[QUOTE]Belgrade authorities closed down schools for Thursday and Friday.[/QUOTE]

4 day weekend, baby!

But seriously, this rain is insane. When I was heading to the bus station on Wednesday, due to the way the footpath was made, I had to sidestep puddles big enough to be considered goddamn lakes, basically ponds.