More than 1,000 people were evacuated from their houses, according to the Red Cross.
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Government spokesman Aleksandar Gjorgiev told The Associated Press a state of emergency had been declared for two weeks in the most affected areas.
As reported by the BBC, some of the victims drowned in their cars.
The EU will deploy a team of technical experts to assess the damage from the disaster and to make recommendations to the national and local civil protection authorities, the European Commssion said in a statement. Visitors to Skopje, Macedonia should be aware of more heavy rain to be expected tonight, Sunday night.
“Let us now concentrate on providing help for those hit the most, providing supplies and shelter for those who need it”, Deputy Prime Minister Nikola Todorov said yesterday.
Villagers carry their belongings while fleeing from their flooded houses after an overnight storm, at the village of Singelic, just east of Skopje, Macedonia.
Six people are missing and more than 60 were hospitalised, as police and army helicopters searched for survivors and evacuated hundreds from the flood zone.
Health authorities have advised residents in the worst hit areas to use only bottled water or water from public authority cisterns for drinking and cooking.
A man walks through a flooded street in the village of Stajkovci, near Skopje, on August 7, 2016, following overnight torrential rains and fierce storms.
Further north in Croatia, stormy winds have disrupted roads at the height of the tourist season.
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The state news agency HINA says parts of the main highway connecting the capital of Zagreb with the Adriatic coast remained closed on Sunday.
