Wild dry west
Project Earth • 1m 51s
Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the U.S. created by the Hoover Dam in Nevada, has sunk to its lowest levels ever, as extreme heat and drought scorch the western U.S.
The drought has gripped much of the West, including the Pacific Northwest down to the southwestern states of Arizona and New Mexico.
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