A decades-long megadrought has drained Lake Mead by 70%, exposing sunken boats, dead water intakes, and a bathtub ring now nearly 19 stories tall. CNN Chief Climate Correspondent Bill Weir travels to the West’s largest reservoir as the states that depend on the Colorado River face a reckoning over who gives up their share first. 0:00 Lake Mead has drained 70% 4:48 The fight for Colorado River water 2:51 Arizona is facing massive water cuts 4:32 Can conservation help? 5:47 Lake Powell may not survive For more of this, subscribe to stream on the CNN app: https://cnn.it/4zpecHE #ClimateChange #Drought #News
Skeletal remains found along a Lake Mead shoreline mark the fifth set of human bones the shrinking reservoir has surrendered since 2022, and at least one earlier discovery was ruled a homicide with possible mob ties. A family outing at Boulder Beach turned grim on Sunday when Mario Lecano waded in after his daughter and […] The post Lake Mead gives up another body as drought drops water to 2026 low appeared first on American Almanac .
Skeletal remains found along a Lake Mead shoreline mark the fifth set of human bones the shrinking reservoir has surrendered since 2022, and at least one earlier discovery was ruled a homicide with possible mob ties. A family outing at Boulder Beach turned grim on Sunday when Mario Lecano waded in after his daughter and spotted what he first mistook for animal bones near her legs. Lecano, walking the Lake Mead shoreline with friend Dianelis Molina Cruz, had been tossing rocks in the shallows when he pulled up a jawbone, complete with teeth and what appeared to be dental fillings. Rangers from the National Park Service and officers from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department responded. The Clark County Coroner's Office recovered the…Open
Lake Mead has dropped to its lowest water level ever recorded, leaving Hoover Dam just five feet from forced turbine shutdowns and threatening water and power for tens of millions across the Southwest. The largest reservoir in the United States now sits at just under 1,040 feet above sea level, down from the 1,220-foot mark […] The post Lake Mead hits historic low as Hoover Dam turbines near shutdown threshold appeared first on American Almanac .
Lake Mead has dropped to its lowest water level ever recorded, leaving Hoover Dam just five feet from forced turbine shutdowns and threatening water and power for tens of millions across the Southwest. The largest reservoir in the United States now sits at just under 1,040 feet above sea level, down from the 1,220-foot mark considered full capacity. That puts Lake Mead at less than 27 percent of its operating capacity, a number that should alarm every household from Las Vegas to Los Angeles. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has warned that both Hoover Dam and Glen Canyon Dam, roughly 300 miles apart on the Colorado River, are now feet away from the point where hydroelectric turbines would have to go dark. At Hoover Dam, the older turbines…Open
Water levels in the reservoir, which sits behind the Hoover Dam, are at record lows. A continued drop would imperil water supplies for millions of people and cut electricity from the dam.
