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Due to a severe drought in the Philippines, The old sunken town of Pantabangan in Nueva Ecija province, a settlement submerged since the 1970s has reemerged.
This is the sixth appearance of the 300-year-old ruins, including parts of a church and tombstones, since the construction of a dam.
The reservoir’s water level has dropped nearly 50 meters below normal as the country faces extreme heat exacerbated by El Niño conditions, leading to official drought declarations in about half of the country’s provinces
Pantabangan
Pantabangan, is a 1st class municipality in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines
Located in the northern part of Nueva Ecija, Pantabangan is located at the foot of Mt. Mabilog below Mt. Dalimanok which are found between Sierra Madre(Philippines) and Caraballo Mountain ranges
The Sierra Madre is the longest mountain range in the Philippines
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