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More human remains found at Lake Mead as reservoir's water level plunges

More human remains were found at Lake Mead over the weekend, days after a body was found in a barrel.

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More human remains were found at Lake Mead over the weekend, days after a body was found in a barrel.

Highlights

  • The West’s megadrought is already at ‘critically low levels’ and the dry season is just starting.
  • The Colorado River irrigates farms, powers electric grids and provides drinking water for 40 million people.
  • Experts say the term ‘drought’ may be insufficient to capture what is happening in the West.
  • More human remains were found at Lake Mead over the weekend, days after a body was found in a barrel.
  • California’s two largest reservoirs are already at ‘criticially low levels’ and California’s two largest reservoir are at “critically low levels”;.