At least 22 people have died in severe floods and landslides which wiped out whole villages across Bosnia and Herzegovina and caused huge damage to the impoverished Balkan country, officials said on Tuesday, Paralel.Az reports citing Reuters.

A key transport infrastructure connecting central and southern Bosnia has been severely damaged, companies and homes submerged by flash floods and cattle swept away.

Damage estimates are at early stages as rescuers still search for survivors in the area around the southern towns of Konjic and Jablanica which were worst hit.