A nearly 300-year-old settlement once submerged beneath a major dam in the Philippines has re-emerged as sweltering heat and drought dry up the reservoir.
Structures, including part of a church, tombstones and a municipal hall marker, reappeared in the middle of Pantabangan Dam in Nueva Ecija province in March after months of almost no rain, Marlon Paladin, a supervising engineer for the National Irrigation Administration, told AFP.
Paladin told AFP that this is the sixth time the settlement has resurfaced since the creation of the reservoir, but "this is the longest time based on my experience."People visit the remnants of the old sunken town of Pantabangan on April 28, 2024 in Nueva Ecija province, Philippines. People visit the remnants of the old sunken town of Pantabangan on April 28, 2024 in Nueva Ecija province, Philippines. It takes into account the actual temperature and humidity, which affects the body's ability to cool itself.
The area was deliberately flooded in the 1970s in the dam's construction. But a drought currently affecting about half of the country's provinces has pushed the dam's water levels down, according to AFP.
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