Lake Mead reveals a World War II era boat that sank as the water level plummeted. OLASMEDIA TV NEWSThis is what we have for you today:
The sunken ship dating back to World War II is the latest object to emerge from a shrinking reservoir that straddles Nevada and Arizona. The Higgins lander, which had been 185 feet below the surface for a long time, was almost halved from the surface of Lake Mead.
Boats are less than 1.6 km (1 mile) from Lake Mead Marina and Hemenway Harbor. According to the diving tour company Las Vegas Scuba, it was used to explore the Colorado River decades ago and sank after being sold to a marina.
The Las Vegas Review Journal reported that Higgins Industries in New Orleans built thousands of landing craft between 1942 and 1945. On June 6, 1944, about 1,500 “Higgins Boats” known as D-Day were deployed in Normandy.
The boat is the latest in a series of objects excavated by the low water level of Lake Mead, the largest artificial reservoir in the United States suppressed by the Hoover Dam. In May, two sets of human bodies were found in Span for a week.
According to experts, climate change and drought have reduced the lake to its lowest level since it was full about 20 years ago.
A sunken World War II era Higgins lander has been revealed near Lake Mead Marina as the waterline continues to fall on July 1, 2022 at Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada.
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As water levels drop on both Lake Mead and Lake Powell, upstream of the Arizona-Utah line, states in the western United States are increasingly facing significant cuts in supply from the Colorado River. Lower levels also affect the hydropower produced at Glen Canyon Dam, which blocks Hoover Dam and Lake Powell.
U.S. Pioneer Commissioner Camille Toton said last month that seven states in the Colorado River basin would take steps to protect the system if they didn’t immediately figure out ways to reduce usage by up to 4 million acre-foot. rice field. Amount of water — more than combined Arizona and Nevada shares.
Acre-foot is about 325,850 gallons. The average household uses 0.5 to 1 acre-foot of water annually.
Two states, California and Mexico, have already enacted voluntary and compulsory reductions. Water was released from several upstream reservoirs, including Wyoming, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah, to support Lake Powell.
Farmers use most of the river supply.
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