(LAKE MEAD, Nev.) — Dramatic before-and-after photos of Lake Mead are providing visual evidence to the alarming rate in which the water levels at the largest reservoir in the country are receding.

Despite historic holiday storms resulting in reservoirs to overflow in California, Lake Mead’s water level declines in 2025.

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (KVVU) -- NASA has released new satellite images that show the rapid decline of water at Lake Mead since 2000. In the release of the photos, NASA noted that water levels at Lake Mead ...