Satellite image of Sau Reservoir captured on March 4, 2024, Landsat 8.Three subsequent years of record low precipitation have taken a toll on northeastern Spain’s Catalonia region. Satellite images show one of the region’s largest reservoirs dried to a trickle in March 2024.on a record that goes back 110 years, second only to 2022. The past three years in Catalonia have all seen the least amount of rain since 1914.
The images above show the Sau Reservoir on March 3, 2023 compared to March 4, 2024 . They were acquired by Landsat 9 and Landsat 8, respectively. Receding water has exposed bare ground at the bottom of the reservoir. Although not visible in the images, the lack of water has also exposed structures of the old village of Santa Romà de Sau, including an 11th-century church, which now stands on dry land.to 7 percent of capacity.