State of emergency declared after Bosnia flooding

Busovaca (Bosnia): Sudden high temperatures and torrential rain have caused havoc in many parts of Bosnia, flooding residential areas and roads and damaging bridges.

Within 24 hours, temperatures jumped from zero to above 15 degrees Celsius, causing snow to quickly melt, triggering floods in central parts of the country.

Combined with strong rain, streams have caused smaller rivers to burst their banks, flooding more than 100 homes in villages around the Bosnian town of Zenica.

In a Sarajevo suburb, a flooded river destroyed a pedestrian bridge.

Bosnian rescue services have raised security alerts for central parts of the country and evacuated hundreds of elderly residents from their homes.

Several landslides were also reported in the south of the country.

There are no reports of deaths or injuries.