Meteorology

Heavy rain, causing rivers to overflow, has killed four people, including a child, in the Teleorman county of southern Romania, according to the authorities. Two other people are still missing and hundrends have also been evacuated because their homes flooded.

State of emergency in parts of Serbia due to flooding

Three people drowned on Monday in a flooding in Southern Romania, with a 13-year-old boy among them.

Two more have been reported missing after heavy rainfall caused rivers to swell, according to Bulgaria's public broadcaster BNT.

Traffic is disrupted on a few roads after the flooding caused landslides.

The Hellenic National Meteorological Service (www.hnms.gr) on Wednesday issued a warning of a shift in warm weather starting in the northwest of the country with rain, thunderstorms as well as snow in mountainous areas.

Winter has partially returned to some parts of Bulgaria, with snowfall in regions of higher altitude.