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Ruined centuries-old town re-emerges as Philippines dam dries up during heatwave

Extreme heat revealed a sunken town in the Philippines
Extreme heat revealed a sunken town in the Philippines. Photograph: Adrian Portugal/Reuters

Ruins of a centuries-old town have emerged at a dam parched by drought in the northern Philippines.

After a prolonged spell of intense heat and little rain, water levels in the dam have fallen to reveal parts of a sunken church, tombstones and the foundations of structures from the 300-year-old town in Nueva Ecija province.

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