Lake Mead is a reservoir formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River in the Southwestern United States. It is located in the states of Nevada and Arizona, 24 mi (39 km) east of Las Vegas. It is the largest reservoir in the US in terms of water capacity.

Sep 8, 2022 · Lake Mead is a reservoir formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River, bordering Nevada and Arizona. It supplies water to more than 40 million people, and has long been suspected as a...

Mar 28, 2023 · On May 1, 2022, boaters at Lake Mead discovered the first set of human remains. The body was concealed in a barrel near Hemenway Harbor. County officials said the man died from a gunshot wound, with the manner of his death …

Aug 22, 2023 · Hundreds of bodies are believed to be waiting to be unearthed in Lake Mead as its water lines continue to recede. Those closely following Lake Mead anticipate a greater emphasis on the crisis...

Aug 20, 2022 · According to data obtained through a public records request, 101 people drowned at Lake Mead between 2007 and last year, a number that surpassed any other cause of death at the park.

Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United States, provides water to some 40 million people in California, Arizona and Nevada. Its shrinking levels have been a crisis for decades.

Apr 16, 2024 · Video shows two visitors who scaled towering russet-colored rock formations along the park’s Redstone Dune Trail and were shoving wide slabs of sandstone to the ground. A young girl screams...

Aug 3, 2022 · Jet fuel has spilled into the North Sea. Hear why it could be an environmental disaster. For investigators working on the cases of people whose remains were found on the shore of Lake Mead,...

Nov 30, 2023 · Officials in Las Vegas have released composite images of a homicide victim whose remains were found last year in Nevada’s Lake Mead in hopes of identifying him.

Mar 7, 2025 · Lake Mead, reservoir of Hoover Dam, one of the largest constructed lakes in the world, on the Arizona-Nevada border east of Las Vegas. Lake Mead supplies drinking water for about 25 million people. Since 1999 an extended drought and increasing water demands caused an unprecedented drop in lake levels.