Article 5W223 Ghost village emerges in Spain as drought empties reservoir

Ghost village emerges in Spain as drought empties reservoir

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Village of Aceredo in Galicia was flooded in 1992 to create Alto Lindoso reservoir

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.

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