Submerged human corpses rise from drought-stricken Lake Mead

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The first body was found on May 1.

First the drought came. Then, the bodies started washing up. For over a decade, water levels have been plummeting in Nevada's Lake Mead, the biggest reservoir in Clark County, Las Vegas, and one of the largest reservoirs in the United States.

On May 1, receding waters due to regional drought led officials to a gruesome discovery on the reservoir's shore: a metal barrel holding a corpse that had been dumped into the water more than 30 years ago, CNN reported . Just a few days later, more…

 

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