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Video Shows Explosion and Fire at Hoover Dam
The Boulder City Fire Department said the fire was put out by the time they managed to get there.
This Drunk Guy Became the First to Swim Across the Hoover Dam and Live
"I don't have any regrets. I even have a tattoo saying 'no regrets.' That's the type of person I am."
The water level at America's largest reservoir is dangerously low
Lake Mead, one of the most critical water sources in the country, is at dangerously low levels and federal employees are struggling to manage the depleted reserves.
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Nevada's Lake Mead Is at Its Lowest Level Ever — and Federal Authorities Say It's Going to Get Worse
Forty million people rely on the reservoir for water and the Hoover Dam supplies eight million people with power.
America Is Running Out of Water
Although most Americans believe water scarcity occurs only in countries where Angelina Jolie campaigns for peace, two of the world’s most overexerted rivers are right here in the United States.
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