Dead streets, abandoned, dilapidated houses, rusty buildings indicate that the residents had to hastily leave their homes when the water broke through the barriers. More and more water flowed out of the lake by 1993 had reached a depth of ten meters. (Photos by Juan Mabromata / AFP) Six hundred kilometers away from Buenos Aires, th city Epecuen Villa 25 years ago was flooded by nearby lake. A former slaughterhouse is empty, dead trees surrounding the Villa Epecuenben desert, Argentina. abandonedporn: Villa Epecuen: The Town That Was Submerged For 25 Years