A formerly sunken boat rests on a now-dry section of lakebed at drought-stricken Lake Mead on May 10. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) The American West is experiencing its driest period in human ...

The man-made basin serves water to about 20 million residents in the west. — -- The water levels in Lake Mead, the man-made reservoir that serves about 20 million residents in Nevada, Arizona and ...

Day 2 at Lake Mead was spent entirely on a boat, covering miles of newly exposed shoreline. As the waterline dropped, sunken boats appeared again and again. Some were intact, others reduced to remains ...

Water in Lake Mead is on course to fall to the lowest level in recorded history by 2027, according to a recent forecast by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Water levels in the reservoir have steadily ...