Photo of Malpaso dam reservoir in Chiapas by Alejandro Linares Garcia, used under Creative Commons, cropped to fit article.
For Associated Press, Alberto Arce reports: “Leonel Mendoza fishes every day in a reservoir surrounded by forest and mountains in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas. But in recent days, he also has been ferrying curious passengers out to see the remains of a colonial-era church that has emerged from the receding waters.”
In 2002 the water receded enough that people could walk in the church for the first time since 1966, when a dam flooded the area. The drought this year has dropped the water in the Nezahualcoyotl reservoir by 25 meters.
