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The Latest Breaking News from Lake Mead

More human remains found at Lake Mead as drought shrinks water levels

It's the 4th time since May that human remains have been found at the nation's largest reservoir by volume.

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Fourth set of human remains found at drought-stricken Lake Mead

LOS ANGELES — More human skeletal remains were found Saturday at a beach on Lake Mead, the fourth set of remains found at the lake where water levels have dramatically receded in recent years because of a lingering drought, authorities said.

Los Angeles Times

More human remains surface at shrinking Lake Mead

Human remains began appearing in May as the waters of Lake Mead recede amidst ongoing climate change

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More human remains discovered as drought dries Lake Mead

Authorities say more human remains have been found at drought-stricken Lake Mead National Recreation Area east of Las Vegas

The Independent UK

Yet more human remains found as drought shrinks Lake Mead reservoir

Fourth set of skeletal remains, as yet unidentified, discovered at Swim Beach in Nevada as lake hits lowest level in 80 years

The Guardian - US

Lake Mead: shrinking waters uncover buried secrets and grisly finds

Sunken boat from second world war and at least three sets of human remains found in largest US reservoir – and more could follow

The Guardian - US

More human remains, third set since early May, found at Lake Mead

LOS ANGELES — Human remains were found and recovered Monday at a beach on Lake Mead, the National Park Service said.

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Garland promises ‘justice without fear or favor’ as investigators specifically question witnesses about ex-president’s involvement. Plus, McDonald’s burger ingredient on sale for $6,000

The Guardian - UK

More human remains found at Lake Mead as water levels shrink

Various grim discoveries have been made at the drought-stricken Nevada reservoir, including a body in a barrel

The Guardian - US

Third set of human remains found at Lake Mead in matter of months amid severe drought

Monday’s human remains were found just months after two bodies were discovered in the lake in May, with one of the bodies being linked to a possible homicide dating back to the 1970s

The Independent UK

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

Reservoir last reached full capacity in 1999

The Independent UK

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Nasa images show extreme withering of Lake Mead over 22 years

The pictures from 2000, 2021 and 2022 offer a new view into its dramatically low water levels, now at just 27% capacity

The Guardian - US

Dramatic NASA photos reveal Lake Mead water levels at lowest point since 1937

LOS ANGELES — Recent satellite images from NASA show the dramatic water loss that has occurred over the last 22 years at drought-stricken Lake Mead, the nation’s largest reservoir and a lifeline for California, neighboring states and Mexico.

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The Independent UK

What is the role of the Hoover Dam?

The facility provides enough power for 8m people across Nevada, Arizona and California

ABC News

Lake Mead, once the largest water reservoir in the US, now little more than a graveyard

Stranded boats, old bones and suffocated fish: This is all that remains of what was once a year-round paradise.

The Independent UK

AP PHOTOS: Amid drought, Lake Mead

An abandoned old power boat juts upright from the cracked mud like a giant tombstone. Its epitaph might read: Here lay the waters of Lake Mead.

Los Angeles Times

Drought-stricken Lake Mead’s receding waters reveal a sunken WWII-era vessel

LOS ANGELES — In recent months, falling water levels at Lake Mead have revealed multiple bodies, including the skeletal remains of a probable homicide victim found in a barrel, and sunken pleasure boats.

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France 24

Mega drought in US spells trouble for Hoover Dam reservoir

Millions of gallons of Colorado River water hurtle through the Hoover Dam every day, generating electricity for hundreds of thousands of homes.

Los Angeles Times

It’s such a strange thing to see’: Photos show Lake Mead on the verge of becoming a ‘dead pool’

The sun began to set but the temperature hovered around 106 degrees. I was there to document one of the latest objects to emerge from Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United States, serving the needs of some 20 million people in the Desert Southwest.

Los Angeles Times

As Colorado River reservoirs drop, Western states urged to ‘act now’

With the Colorado River’s depleted reservoirs continuing to drop to new lows, the federal government has taken the unprecedented step of telling the seven Western states that rely on the river to find ways of drastically cutting the amount of water they take in the next two months.

Los Angeles Times

Major water cutbacks loom as shrinking Colorado River nears ‘moment of reckoning’

LOS ANGELES — As the West endures another year of unrelenting drought worsened by climate change, the Colorado River’s reservoirs have declined so low that major water cuts will be necessary next year to reduce risks of supplies reaching perilously low levels, a top federal water official said Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Las Vegas store sells ‘corpse water’ after drought uncovers bodies in Lake Mead

Water not actually lake, however

Daily Record

Bodies of Mafia murder victims 'rising' from lake they were dumped in due to global warming

WARNING: This article contains distressing content as water levels at Lake Mead, near Las Vegas, are dropping to new lows amid a megadrought impacting parts of the US.

Daily Mirror

Bodies of brutal Mafia murder victims 'rising' from lake they were dumped in

WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT: Water levels at Lake Mead, near Las Vegas, US, are dropping to historical lows amid a megadrought impacting parts of America - causing long-hidden bodies believed to be connected to the mob to surface

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