VIDEO. It had been submerged for several decades: the historic drought in Spain caused a Catalan village to reappear

Submerged since the 1960s, the remains of this Catalan village have resurfaced. SCREENSHOT DIGITEKA

The historic level of drought in Catalonia has completely reappeared the church of Sant Roma de Sau, regularly used as an indicator of drought.

The exceptional drought in Catalonia brought back to life this February 2, 2023, an ancient village in ruins. This is located in a reservoir which supplies six million people with water.

The church clearly visible as well as the houses

As shown in the videos below, the church of Sant Roma de Sau has resurfaced.

This building, which dates from the 11th century, is regularly used as a benchmark for drought levels. The reservoir is full when only the tip of the Church is visible. But at the moment it is only filled to 5% of its capacity. Unheard of in 60 years. Currently, it contains less than 8 hm3 of water. But in 2023, on the same date, it contained 30.78 hm3 of water, according to El Nacional.

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Today, the reservoir reveals the church almost in its entirety, as well as the remains of dwellings of the municipality of Sant Romà de Sau, which never existed before. #39;no longer exists on maps today.

Reservoir capacity below 16%

The "worst drought in a century" in the Barcelona metropolitan area. For three years, Spain has been experiencing a historic drought. This Thursday, February 1, Spain's second city and its outskirts were placed in a state of emergency by the authorities.

In recent days, dry weather has worsened the situation in the region, causing the capacity of water reservoirs to fall below 16%. And if these water reserves continue to decline, it is expected that the authorities will put in place severe restrictions such as closing showers in sports halls or completely banning watering in public gardens. .