A woman takes a photo near the ruins of a church at the old sunken town of Pantabangan in Nueva Ecija province on April 26, 2024. Remnants of the centuries-old town of Pantabangan reemerged in the northern Philippines after a dam's water level dropped amid a drought that plagues many parts of the country. - AFP
PANTABANGAN, Philippines (AFP): A centuries-old settlement submerged by the construction of a dam in the northern Philippines in the 1970s has reappeared as water levels drop due to a drought affecting swathes of the country.
The ruins in the middle of Pantabangan Dam in Nueva Ecija province are a tourist draw, even as the region swelters in extreme heat.
