Alen Ruvic E71AR,Emergency Communications Co-Ordinator for Bosnia reports amateur radio is active in responding to severe flooding and landslides which have struck his country on 4^th October.

He asks radio amateurs to avoid operating on 3.612 and 7.150MHz on HF and in the region of the border areas with Bosnia the repeater channel 145.675MHz which are being used as part of the response. The VHF calling channel 145.500 should be monitored in the area.

Local media report over 20 people have lost their lives so far following the disaster with at least 40 still missing. Power and communications networks have been disrupted by the flooding and landslides along with blockages on road and rail links. 

Radio Amateurs are encouraged to support their colleagues in Bosnia by keeping those frequencies clear.

Storm Boris is affecting many countries in Central Europe, currently including Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania and Austria. 18 people have sadly lost their lives with several thousand evacuated from their homes. 

As part of the response, Krzysztof SP5E, President of the Polish National Society PZK reports that Polish Radio Amateurs responding to the flooding are likely to use VHF/UHF for the primary response but they are also requesting that 3.760MHz, 7.110MHz, and 14.300MHz may also be used. All radio amateurs are asked to keep these Emergency Centre of Activity frequencies clear if needed for message handling. 

The effects of the flooding are also being felt along the river Danube with Slovakia and Hungary already seeing rising river levels. 

The rivers Danube, Elbe, Vistula and Oder all have catchments region, and river flooding may be seen more widely across parts of Germany, Poland, Hungary and Romania over the coming days so again, please listen before transmitting in the area of any of the Emergency Centre of Activity frequencies listed above and avoid causing interference to any response activities.