Village "sunk" in 1935 reappears due to drought

In 1935, the village of Mardale Green, British in Cumbria was flooded to make way for the Haweswater reservoir, which serves the area of Greater Manchester. In recent days, however, the village returned to be visible, the result of a lack of rainfall during the dry months of summer.

According to British media, this is the first time that Mardale Green-or what about her â€" is seen in more than 80 years. This year, the villagers were expelled from their homes and part of the buildings were dismantled â€" several farms, a church and a pub. The stones were later used to build the water tower situated on the West Bank of the reservoir.

Now, what remains of Mardale Green can be seen finally â€" and photographed, which Vilarinho das Furnas. There are several ancient structures, gates to farms, bits of trees revealed.

"It was the driest September since 1960," explained a spokesman for the Met Office, admitting that the amount of rainfall was up by 2% compared to a normal September.

When Haweswater was built, the water level reached 29 meters â€" about 84 billion litres. The dam created a reservoir six kilometres in length and 600 metres wide. The wall measures 470 metres is 27.5 metres high.

Mardale Green was considered one of the most beautiful villages of Cumbria and the reservoir was highly criticized at the time.

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