Dear MEL School’s
Topic Readers,
Epic flooding in Balkans raises fears about
landmines surfacing
The historic rainfall caused catastrophic
flooding and over thousand landslides in Balkans, namely Serbia and Bosnia and
Herzegovina. Thousands of residents had to evacuate from their homes and towns.
The number of the casualties and the cost of the damage are rising as the water
recedes. Foreign aid is arriving and clean-up efforts will soon start. Though
it is estimated to cost billions euros, people will eventually recover from the
damage.
However, there is another totally
unpredicted danger there. Landmines. During the Bosnian war about 20 years ago,
thousands of landmines were placed by the soldiers and many of them had been
still unremoved until the flood. Now many of those unremoved landmines are
displaced by the flood and shifted to all over the places. Residents and rescue
workers have to struggle with the risk and danger to deal with these
decades-old buried hazards.
How long will it take to restore peace in
Balkans?
Enjoy reading and learning what a thoughtless,
inconsiderate and deliberate human act could do to peace and safety.
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