In Photos: Severe Flooding Washes Out Siberian Villages

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Several towns and villages are in deep water and dozens of locals have been forced to evacuate after heavy rains broke a dam in
Siberia's republic of Sakha earlier this week.Russia's largest and coldest region located in remote northeastern Siberia, the republic of
Sakha is also witnessing the creeping advance of climate change firsthand
For several years, the region has been hit by increasingly widespread summer wildfires, a phenomenon that is expected to feed into rising
temperatures as the fires release greenhouse gases from melting permafrost.Here's a look at the villages impacted by this week's
flooding: