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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Gino Spocchia

Severe drought at US’s largest reservoir revealed through the decades by Nasa satellite images

NASA Earth Observatory

New satellite images released by Nasa have shown water levels at historic lows in Lake Mead, the US’s largest reservoir, as a result of a severe 22-year “megadrought” in the American southwest.

The images show the extent of the drought’s effects on Lake Mead, which is at an all-time low of 1,043ft above sea level, or 27 per cent capacity.

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