Authorities order rare evacuations in one of world's coldest inhabited areas: 'A dam broke and flooded the village'

Authorities order rare evacuations in one of world's coldest inhabited areas: 'A dam broke and flooded the village'

Massive flooding has forced hundreds of residents to evacuate the world's coldest inhabited settlements, The Moscow Times reported, via MSN. What's happening? Heavy rainfall led multiple rivers to overflow their banks in the republic of Sakha in northeast Russia, impacting roughly 700 people, including 163 children, Russian officials said, per The Moscow Times. No deaths or injuries had been reported. Sakha, also known as Yakutia, is Russia's la…