Very Very Sad Story of a City.. Villa Epecuén Villa Epecuén is a once-popular holiday village that was destroyed by a flood on Nov. 10, 1985. Twenty-five years after the flooding, the water finally receded Villa Epecuén was a tourist village that was located in the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Now abandoned, its ruins are found on the eastern shore of the Laguna Epecuén, about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) north of the city of Carhué. On 10 November 1985, a seiche caused by a rare weather pattern broke a nearby dam first, then the dike protecting the town. Rapidly made uninhabitable, the town saw the waters rise progressively, reaching up to 10 metres (33 ft) at its maximum. The village was never rebuilt. At the time of the catastrophe, there were up to 280 businesses in Epecuén, including lodges, guesthouses, hotels, and businesses that 25,000 tourists visited between November and March, from the 1950s to the 1970s. The town reached a population of 1,500 inhabitants at its peak. The town now has a sole resident, Pablo Novak, who returned to his home when the waters receded after covering the town for 25 years. Image : https://google.co.in/search?q=google&rlz=1C1CHWA_enIN607IN607&es_sm=122&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=2RNCVKiIMcWTuASEgILQAw&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAg#tbm=isch&q=Villa+Epecu%C3%A9n wiki : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_Epecu%C3%A9n https://youtube/watch?v=ENMqEm4UHJ8
Posted on: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 07:18:57 +0000
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