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Utah’s Great Salt Lake hits new historic low amid drought in western US

Elected Utah state officials inspect the shrinking Great Salt Lake, in May.
Elected Utah state officials inspect the shrinking Great Salt Lake in May. Photograph: Rick Bowmer/AP

The Great Salt Lake has hit a new historic low for the second time in less than a year, a dire milestone as the US west continues to weather a historic mega-drought.

The Utah department of natural resources said in a news release on Monday that the Great Salt Lake dipped over the weekend to 4,190.1ft (1,277.1 meters).

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