America's largest reservoir reckons with a hotter world.

Troubling forecasts, unusual heat, and a harmful algal bloom are among the concerns the reservoir has faced this month.

A federal plan to divide increasingly scarce Colorado River water drew 18,000 comments from Arizona and six other states that rely on the river. Unhappiness with the plan is widespread.

Water levels in the largest water reservoir in the United States have dropped to record lows amid an ongoing drought. Lake Mead's water levels have dropped so low that its mineralized shores, once ...

Water levels at Lake Mead in the Southwestern United States could hit an unprecedented low within the next two years, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 2026, water flowing into Lake Mead is projected to be at least 10.8 degrees F warmer than usual by the end of fall, posing a ...

A record snow drought across the Western United States is draining mountain snowpack to historic lows, setting up a spring ...

An abandoned old power boat juts upright from the cracked mud like a giant tombstone. Its epitaph might read: Here lay the waters of Lake Mead. A formerly sunken boat sits upright into the air with ...

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The National Park Service has removed an iconic speedboat that had been sticking out of Lake Mead for years. On Friday, July 25, the boat’s brief moment in the sun ended when park ...