Heavy downpour of rain in the Balkans had led to flooding over the past two days leading to the death of at least six people, prompted widespread evacuations and caused significant damage according to authorities on Monday.
The torrential rain of up to 14 inches in 12 hours on Sunday caused the Drini River, the longest in Albania, to overflow its banks by at least 4 inches, the authorities added.
Early Monday, police divers found the bodies of two missing men, a father and son whose car was washed away on Sunday in the village of Boge, some 90 miles north of the capital Tirana. 
Swollen rivers in Montenegro and parts of Serbia claimed four lives over the weekend. A woman and her two children drowned in Montenegro when their car plunged into a river as it was going over a bridge. In southern Serbia, a 2-year-old boy drowned after falling into a river.
Authorities in the southern Serbian region of Raska proclaimed a state of emergency concerning the development and the army was deployed to help the local population with evacuations and deliveries of drinking water and food.
Hundreds of army troops were also sent to evacuate families after more than 600 homes were flooded.
Farmers, who have repeatedly suffered from floods in the post-communist era, raised an alarm of despair at their losses, which included livestock, asking the government to help.”We need government assistance because damage from flooding is very, very grave,” said 60-year-old Lina Zefi said.
