Extreme flooding submerges Kosovo cities, villages
Emergency crews in Kosovo carried out a second day of evacuations after the region was devastated by floods.
![A rescue worker evacuates a child from a flooded house due to heavy rainfall in the village of Kuzmin, Kosovo on Jan. 7, 2026. [Valdrin Xhema/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/image-1767804632.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Emergency crews in Kosovo carried out a second day of evacuations after the region was devastated by floods.
![A rescue worker evacuates a child from a flooded house due to heavy rainfall in the village of Kuzmin, Kosovo on Jan. 7, 2026. [Valdrin Xhema/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/image-1767804632.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)




![Greece's culture ministry on July 8, 2025, ordered a partial closure of the Acropolis, the country's top monument, to protect visitors amid heatwave conditions. [File: Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/000_663Z4G3-1751972969.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)



Kosovo’s Interior Ministry blamed the closures on ‘masked extremists’ blocking traffic into Serbia.

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