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# Drought Uncovers City Submerged For Decades
- URL: https://www.protein.xyz/drought-uncovers-city-submerged-for-decades/
- Published: 2010-03-09T08:47:28.000Z
- Updated: 2016-05-24T15:17:34.000Z
- Description: Josefa Garcia Rojas walks through the eerily barren streets of Potosi, a small Venezuelan city where she lived most of her 84…
- Author: Protein
- Tags: Seeds, #protein, #Import 2024-06-11 13:15

![](http://www.treehugger.com/potosi-returns.jpg)

Josefa Garcia Rojas walks through the eerily barren streets of Potosi, a [small Venezuelan city](http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/07/venezuela%5Fbans.php?ref=protein.xyz) where she lived most of her 84 years, amid the skeletons of trees and groups of curious onlookers. This is the first time she's stepped foot here since she and a thousand other residents were forced to flee their homes to make way for a hydroelectric dam being built to block the water of a river that ran through town. It's been 26 years since then, but due to an [unprecedented drought in the region](http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/12/climate-change-to-blame-for-brazils-weather-woes.php?ref=protein.xyz), Petosi has reemerged from the murky depths. While it may bring some nostalgic comfort to Josefa and others to see the town's old church once again--there's the creeping sense that all is not well. /via [treehugger](http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/02/drought-uncovers-city-submerged-for-decades.php?campaign=TH%5Frotator&ref=protein.xyz)