The drought revealed a "forgotten ghost town" that was hidden underwater
The village of Asardo on the Spanish-Portuguese border was flooded in 1992 to create a water reservoir, but several parked months caused houses that had been under water for 30 years to pop up and masses of tourists began to arrive to view the gray and creepy ruins of what was once a bustling place.
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14/02/2022
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A bird's eye view of the abandoned village that was discovered under a reservoir of water - due to the drought in Spain (Reuters)
An abandoned ghost village suddenly appeared from the ground after the drought almost completely emptied a water dam on the Spain-Portugal border and masses of tourists began arriving to view the gray and creepy ruins of what was once a bustling place, CNN reported.
The village of Asardo in the Galicia region of northwestern Spain was flooded in 1992 to create the Alto Lindoso water reservoir - however due to the current drought the reservoir is at 15% of its total capacity and the village is once again visible.
An abandoned village discovered under a water reservoir in Spain (Photo: Reuters, Miguel Vidal)
An abandoned village discovered under a water reservoir in Spain (Photo: Reuters, Miguel Vidal)
"It's like I'm watching a movie. I have a feeling of sadness," said 65-year-old retired Maximino Perez Romero, from the nearby town of a-Coronia who arrived at the scene.
"My feeling is that this is what will happen over the next few years because of the drought and all the climate change."
Visitors walk on muddy soil cracked by the drought, and they found partially collapsed roofs, bricks and debris that once made up doors or beams, and even a drinking fountain with water still flowing in it - from a rusty pipe.
In skimmer photos you can see the abandoned buildings, crates with empty beer bottles piled up near what was once a cafe, and an old vehicle that was half-destroyed rusting near a stone wall.
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Maria del Carmen Janz, head of the Lobius council, of which the village of Asardo is a part, has blamed the situation for the lack of rain in recent months, especially in January, but also for what it says is "overly aggressive use of dam water" by the Portuguese electricity company.
An abandoned village discovered under a water reservoir in Spain (Photo: Reuters, Miguel Vidal)
An abandoned village discovered under a water reservoir in Spain (Photo: Reuters, Miguel Vidal)
Tourist attraction - but difficult sights for locals
The strange sight of the abandoned village attracted many tourists who came to visit the forgotten area, but for the locals it's a different story - Jose Alvarez, a former construction worker from Lubius, said he felt a mixture of nostalgia and fatalism as he recalled his days working at Asardo: "This is the living. Some are dead and some are alive."
Another local resident, Francisco Willonga, said: "I can see why it might be interesting for visitors and tourists from other places, but for those of us whose roots there are hard to see it that way. It's hard to see the homes where we were born and raised in such a situation."
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