COLORADO RIVER CRISIS

^{Lake Powell, the US’s second-largest reservoir, threatens to plunge to unprecedentedly low levels this year after a historically bleak snowpack failed to raise its water level. This imperils hydroelectric power and throws more uncertainty into a contentious negotiation over how to divvy up a water supply used by 40 million people across seven states, dozens of tribal nations and two countries.}

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