COPENHAGEN, Denmark --- A dam in southern Norway partially burst Wednesday following days of heavy rain that triggered landslides and flooding in the mountainous region and forced downstream communities to evacuate, officials said. Authorities initially considered blowing up part of the dam at the Braskereidfoss hydroelectric power plant on the Glma, Norway's longest and most voluminous river. The idea was to prevent communities downstream from being inundated by using a limited, controlled blast to release pressure on the dam. But that proposal was scrapped after water later broke through the structure, police spokesman Fredrik Thomson told reporters. "T...Keep on reading: Dam in Norway partially bursts after days of heavy rain, flooding and evacuations