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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A massive reservoir known as a boating mecca dipped below a critical threshold...

It is at its lowest level in more than a half century.

Lake Powells fall to below 3,525 feet puts it at its lowest level, a record marking yet another sobering realization of megadrought impacts.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A massive reservoir known as a boating mecca dipped below a critical threshold on Tuesday raising new concerns about a source of

By SAM METZ and FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A massive reservoir known as a boating mecca dipped below a...

Lake Powell's fall to below 3,525 feet puts it at its lowest level since the lake filled after the federal government dammed the Colorado River at Glen Canyon more than a half century ago — a record marking yet another sobering realization of the impacts of climate change and megadrought.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A massive reservoir known as a boating mecca dipped below a critical threshold on Tuesday raising new concerns about a source of power that millions of people in the U.S. West rely on for electricity.

A critical Colorado River reservoir has fallen to a record low level, raising new concerns about a power source for millions of people in the U.S. West

Lake Powell's fall to below 3,525 feet (1,075 meters) puts it at its lowest level since the lake filled after the federal government dammed the Colorado River at Glen Canyon more than a half century ago — a record marking yet another sobering realization of the impacts of climate change and megadrought. It comes as hotter temperatures and less precipitation leave a smaller amount flowing through the over-tapped Colorado River. Federal officials are confident water levels will rise in th...