An aerial view taken shows a mosque and surrounding buildings in Somang village in Lebak in Indonesia's western Banten province, which was deliberately flooded to make way for the construction and filling of the Karian Dam that opened in 2023 and has now re-emerged due to the El Nino-driven drought. Somang village in the western Banten province of Indonesia's Java island has re-emerged from the water years after it was deliberately flooded to make way for the construction and filling of the Karian Dam, opened in 2023. As drought has taken hold of parts of Indonesia, the long-abandoned village has turned up years after its last residents were relocated, revealing the ruins of houses and a mosque. The Southeast Asian country is bracing for months of severe drought worsened by a particularly harsh El Nino, threatening water scarcity and food insecurity. — AFP
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