The water level of the Drina River in Ljubovija and the Lim River in Prijepolje, western Serbia, increased during the night and the inhabitants of these two towns are being evacuated, Head of the Serbian Interior Ministry's Emergency Management Sector Predrag Maric stated for Tanjug on Thursday morning.

The increased water level jeopardizes about 300 facilities, that is 1,400 people, and about 30 households in Ljubovija have been evacuated so far, Maric said.

The water level keeps increasing, and during the night the Emergency Management Sector sent flood rescue teams on the spot.

The Drina River has flooded its banks due to heavy rainfall in the previous few days, suspending traffic on Visegrad-Uzice and Visegrad-Ustipraca roads, the local media reported.

The Drina River flooded the streets of Visegrad, while the Mehmed Pasa Sokolovic Bridge remained stable despite water burst.

The Visegrad Hydroelectric Power Plant registered about four thousand cubic meters of water per second during the night, which was the largest flow since 1989 when the dam was erected.

Several dozens of villages in the municipality of Visegrad were flooded as well as the settlements along the Drina River toward Foca, western Serbia.

The members of civil protection service, police, border police and others evacuated citizens from flooded municipalities in the Drina River basin on Wednesday evening.