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, gray ruins
"It's as if I'm watching a movie. I have a feeling of sadness," said 65-year-old pensioner Maximino Perez Romero, from A Coruna."My feeling is that this is what will happen over the years due to drought and all that, with climate change."
Crates with empty beer bottles were stacked by what used to be a cafe, and a semi-destroyed old car was rusting away by a stone wall.Maria del Carmen Yanez, mayor of the larger Lobios council, of which Aceredo is part, blamed the situation on the lack of rain in recent months, particularly in January, but also on what she said was"quite aggressive exploitation" by Portugal's power utility EDP, which manages the reservoir.
Contacted by Reuters, EDP said the low reservoir levels were due to the drought, but that it was managing water resources"efficiently" and that these were above the minimum requirements, including Alto Lindoso.
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