More Human Remains Discovered In Lake Mead As Water Levels Drop

More human remains were found in Lake Mead on Saturday – the fourth set of remains recovered since May – as a scorching drought continues to cause water levels to drop. Visitors discovered the remains around 11:15 am. at Swim Beach at Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Nevada and called rangers, the National Park Service (NPS) said in a statement. Rangers set up a perimeter to recover the remains with the help of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s dive team. The Clark County Medical Examiner has been contacted to determine the cause of death, officials said. NASA IMAGES SHOW LOWEST WATER LEVELS IN LAS VEGAS’S LAKE MEAD SINCE 2000 As drought continues to lower Lake Mead’s water levels, the National Park Service said Saturday that more human remains have been discovered — the fourth in a row since May. (AP Photo/John Locher, File) No details were immediately released about how long the remains had been in the lake or the gender of the person, as the investigation is still ongoing. The last body discovered in Lake Mead was on July 25, when visitors called park rangers after finding the remains partially encased in mud at the waterline of the swimming area along the shore north of the Hemenway Harbor Marina. The medical examiner at the time of the discovery of the third body said her office was continuing to work to identify a man whose body was found May 1 in a rusty barrel in the Hemenway Harbor area and a man whose bones were found on May 7. May on a newly emerged sandbar near Callville Bay. A formerly sunken vessel sits on cracked earth hundreds of feet from the Lake Mead shoreline at Lake Mead National Recreation Area on May 10, 2022, near Boulder City, Nevada. (AP Photo/John Locher, File) The ongoing drought of the West has reshaped the park’s shores, and in June, the depth of Lake Mead is the lowest since 1937. NASA released images of Nevada’s Lake Mead last month showing the rapid decline of the lake’s water since 2000. The reservoir last reached capacity in the summer of 1999, according to NASA. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP When full, the largest reservoir in the United States can reach an elevation of 1,220 feet and hold 9.3 trillion gallons (36 trillion liters) of water. Fox News’ Julia Musto and Sarah Rumpf, along with The Associated Press, contributed to this report.