Residents in Bosnian village reflect on a year since deadly floods and landslide

Описание: (5 Oct 2025)
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Donja Jablanica, Bosnia – 4 October 2025
1. Fata Jasarevic, who lost four family members in the flood, standing close to graves
2. SOUNDBITE (Bosnian) Fata Jasarevic, lost four relatives in floods:
(brother, brother's wife, son-in-law and son-in-law’s wife)
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“These four are mine. Our house is gone too. I have no one left. Everything is gone. He was my brother – he was like a father to us. He took care of us, we also have a sister who is sick, and he took care of her every morning, he would bring her everything she needs until we come. Now, there is no one."
3. Close of graves
4. Various of people praying next to graves
5. SOUNDBITE (Bosnian) Himzo Begovic, local resident, 70:
(Remembering pulling out his neighbors from the flood)
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“You can’t forget such a thing. We will always carry this memory. It remains in our hearts, in our heads. Believe me, I was watching (flood) from my balcony, and all of a sudden, cars are floating next to me, ruins floating, everything. I saw the snow on the mountains, and somehow I feel I still have a hat on my head and I just can’t take it off.”

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ARCHIVE: Donja Jablanica, Bosnia – 5 October 2024
6. Various aerials of flooded town

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Donja Jablanica, Bosnia – 4 October 2025
7. Various of destroyed house
STORYLINE:
A year after floods and a landslide swept through this tiny village in southern Bosnia, killing 19 people, residents of Jablanica say their lives will never be the same again.

"You can’t forget such a thing. We will always carry this memory. It remains in our hearts, in our heads," said resident Himzo Begovic, reflecting on the harrowing experience.

Jablanica was the worst hit of the four municipalities in central and southern Bosnia that were affected by volleys of torrential rains and wind in a sudden storm early on Oct. 4 last year.

A total of 26 people died in raging flash floods that destroyed bridges and roads, leaving entire areas underwater and cut off from the rest of the country.

"I have no one left. Everything is gone." said resident Fata Jasarevic, who lost four relatives in the floods.

Residents of Jablanica at the time said they first heard a thunderous roar before piles of rocks, mud and water descended on the village, apparently from a nearby quarry, burying homes and people inside.

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