Ghost village emerges in Spain as drought empties reservoir

 We are maybe happy with the nice weather we have in Spain, but drought is becoming a real problem.

A ghost village that has emerged as drought has nearly emptied a dam on the Spanish-Portuguese border is drawing crowds of tourists with its eerie, grey ruins.

With the reservoir at 15% of its capacity, details of a life frozen in 1992, when the Aceredo village in Spain’s north-western Galicia region was flooded to create the Alto Lindoso reservoir, are being revealed once more.

“It’s as if I’m watching a movie. I have a feeling of sadness,” said 65-year-old pensioner Maximino Pérez Romero, from A Coruña. “My feeling is that this is what will happen over the years due to drought and all that, with climate change.”

Read the whole article in The Guardian clicking here: Drought in Spain