Dead bodies are being discovered one after another in Lake Mead, where water levels have dropped significantly in the western United States due to continued drought.



The Las Vegas Police Department is investigating the discovery of a body at Swim Beach in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, the Associated Press reported on the 7th (local time).



The Clark County Coroner's Office said it will look at past missing persons records to determine how and when the remains were killed.



It is the fourth time since last May that a human body has been found in Lake Mead.



As the water level of the lake fell to an all-time low due to the severe drought, dead bodies in the water are being discovered one by one.



Police expect that the discovery of remains is likely to continue as the water level in Lake Mead drops.



Lake Mead is an artificial lake created in 1936 when the Hoover Dam was built to block the Colorado River.



The lake supplies water to seven western states, including Arizona, Nevada, and California, as well as northern Mexico, and serves as a lifeline for agriculture in the southwestern United States.



But as an unprecedented drought in the western United States continues, water levels are now at their lowest levels since 1937, when Lake Mead began to fill.



The water level, which reached 1,200 feet (365.76 m) 22 years ago, has now dropped to 1,42 feet (317.60 m), and the previously submerged terrain is exposed outside the water, forming a white band.



Earlier, on May 1, a barrel containing the remains was found here, and the police presumed it was a man who died from gunshot wounds in the 1970s and 1980s.



On the 7th of the same month, the remains were found in Calville Bay, and on the 25th of last month, some of the remains were also found near Boulder Beach.



These corpses have sparked speculation about long-term unresolved disappearances and murders caused by organized crime decades ago, the Associated Press reported.



Las Vegas, the 'City of Gambling', is about a 30-minute drive from Lake Mead.



The scientific community believes that the drop in water level in Lake Mead is caused by abnormal climate caused by global warming, such as an increase in greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.



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