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Drought: A Submerged Village Resurfaces in Indonesia

The aerial images are striking. The Indonesian village of Somang, in western Java, was submerged beneath the waters of a reservoir created in 2023 to supply Jakarta. But the drop in water levels due to drought is revealing the ruins of buildings. The residents had been relocated, their homes submerged by the waters of the Karian Dam. "Their houses, their mosques, their roads, and their memories had disappeared beneath the waters," describes (...…
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The aerial images are striking. The Indonesian village of Somang, in western Java, was submerged beneath the waters of a reservoir created in 2023 to supply Jakarta. But the drop in water levels due to drought is revealing the ruins of buildings. The residents had been relocated, their homes submerged by the waters of the Karian Dam. "Their houses, their mosques, their roads, and their memories had disappeared beneath the waters," describes (...…

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Reporterre, le quotidien de l'écologie… broke the news on Tuesday, August 4, 2026.
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