Human remains we again found in Lake Mead, the country’s largest reservoir, continues to shrink due to years of drought. announced Sunday.
According to the National Park Service, someone made opening on the beach for swimming in the park in Lake Mead National Recreation Area, on Nevada side, around 11:15 on Saturday. This is the fourth time since May that a person remains we found in Lake Mead, the water level of which continues to decline to historical levels.
FROM help of Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department dive team, park rangers responded and set up retrieval perimeter remainsNPS said in a statement.
Officials said the water level in the reservoir is so low that it could hit “dead pool” which means that the water level is too low to flow downstream.
The minimum water surface level required to create power at the Hoover Dam is 1,050 feet, according to the US Bureau of Reclamation. anything below which is considered “inactive pool”and”dead poolAccording to the federal agency, it exists when the water level reaches 895 feet.
Satellite images published last NASA month show side-on-side comparisons of lake Mead, one taken on July 6, 2000 and others more than two decades later on July 6 of this is year.
Images released by NASA show water loss in Lake Mead, Nevada, as of July 3, 2022 from July 6, 2000
NASA
BUT result of the decrease in the water level is that bodies and human parts appear.
may 7 human skeleton remains we found according to the National Park Service. The discovery took place a week after the decayed body of the man was found scarecrow in steel barrel near Hemenway Fishing Pier, more according to the LVMPD than 20 miles from Callville Bay.
July 25 man remains we also found at Swim Beach.
Officials launch investigation into latest find on Saturday, and the Clark County Medical Examiner was contacted to determine cause of death.
Julia Jacobo of ABC News contributed to this report.
