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Why the intense U.S. drought is now a megadrought
A map shows drought across a large swathe of the West on April 20, 2021.
Image: mashable / U.S. Drought monitor
The water keeps going down.
The entire Southwest and most of the West is mired in various levels of drought as of April 21, 2021, resulting in falling water levels at the nation s two largest reservoirs, Lake Mead and Lake Powell. The consequences could be unprecedented. For the first time in Lake Mead s 85-year existence, water levels may drop below a point this summer that triggers water cuts in Arizona and Nevada. (This would largely mean cuts to farmers and agriculture.)