Derbyshire town evacuated after water cascades through damaged dam

Police evacuated thousands of residents from an English town on Thursday after torrents of water cascaded from a nearby reservoir after a dam was damaged, with officials warning that subsequent flooding posed a risk to life.Footage posted on social media showed water gushing from the Toddbrook Reservoir which sits above Whaley Bridge in Derbyshire, central England.Police said the wall of the reservoir had been damaged with locals told to leave the town, home to about 5,000 residents, and take pe