In the UnitedStates, the drought is making itself known this summer. In California, the drought is intense and residents are being urged to do everything in their power to limit their water consumption. But a little further east, along Lake Mead, this problem is creating totally unexpected consequences.
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Corpses in the lake
Located between Nevada and Arizona, Lake Mead supplies water to several million Americans. Created in 1930 during the construction of the Hoover Dam, this artificial lake is more than 180 km long and has a surface area of 640 km2. But as the drought, particularly worrying this year, is lowering its level, the authorities have received strange reports from passers-by. They reported seeing 'human skeletal remains' near Swim Beach, a beach located west of the lake.
Lake Mead is the largest reservoir in the United States and part of a system that supplies water to at least 40 million people across 7 states and northern Mexico. In July, the reservoir had fallen to 27% capacity, an all-time low. 🧵
— US Department of the Interior (@Interior) August 1, 2022
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Authorities set a perimeter around the remains and retrieved them with assistance from a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police dive team.
An investigation has been launched to determine when and how the person died.
This is not the first time this has happened
Even stranger, this is the fourth time human remains have been recovered this year. In early May, boaters in Hemenway Harbor found a body in a barrel. According to The Guardian, the body showed evidence of a gunshot wound and was believed to be from a person who died in the 1970s or 1980s.
A few days later, the skeletons of two sisters were found in Calville Bay. The cause of death could not be established. Was it a settling of scores, a crime committed by the mafia or a suicide? Who would have thought that climate change would unearth such terrible secrets? The drought is not over yet, and the police are likely to make more macabre discoveries in the near future.
This article was translated from Gentside FR.
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