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Ghost village emerges in Spain as drought empties reservoir

The roof of a house is seen in the ancient village of Aceredo that had been submerged by Limia river in the 1990s. [Reuters]

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, grey ruins.

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