LJUBLJANA, Slovenia — Two people died in Slovenia after floods triggered by a weekend of heavy rains hit the Balkans, officials said Sunday.
Police said a 30-year-old man and a 17-year-old girl drowned after their van plunged into a flood-swollen stream northeast of the capital, Ljubljana. Surging waters have caused landslides and flooded hundreds of buildings and roads.
In neighboring Croatia, hundreds of soldiers joined emergency crews in putting up barriers to prevent the bulging rivers from overflowing.
About 2,000 people were taken out of their homes Saturday around the central town of Karlovac, where hundreds moved to upper floors of their flooded homes. Dozens of houses also have been flooded in Bosnia.
More than 50 people died in record floods in the Balkans in May. In Pakistan’s Punjab province, flooding sank a boat carrying a wedding party, killing the bridegroom and 17 others.
Police said the boat carrying more than 30 people capsized when it hit debris from a dike that had been blown up earlier in the day to divert waters away from urban areas. One of the dead was an army officer who drowned while helping in rescue efforts.