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Largest U.S. reservoir plummets to lowest level since it was filled some 90 years ago

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Public Discourse · Bluesky · this story as of 10m ago
12 distinct posts / 48h, matching Largest 12
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30m ago Typhoon Dolphin has triggered flood and landslide warnings in China. Louisiana officials confirm five deaths from flesh-eating bacteria. Japan reports nearly half of its religious corporations face…
54m ago I live in the largest county in the United States. I get weird alerts. I just received an urgent flash flood warning for an area over 150 miles away. -2.0
1h ago Lake Mead Plummets to Historic Low, 30 Million at Risk Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United States, has dropped to its lowest water level since it was first filled nearly 90 years ago, a… -7.0
6h ago Lake Mead drought Largest reservoir in the country -6.0
7h ago www.nytimes.com/2026/08/09/u... Reis Thebault Gifted Lake Mead, the nation’s largest reservoir and a vital source of water for more than 25 million people across the Southwest, has dwindled to i… -6.0
13h ago Hits to Europe’s economy from this summer’s extreme weather are already 100B’s of euros. You might expect damage to be largest in the yr the extremes happen and then fade. But impacts grow over the… -6.0
14h ago A Dutch bank has estimated that the damage caused by increased levels of heat and drought will shrink Europe's economy by 1%, costing about 180 billion (with a b) euros. The largest factor being "p… -2.5
21h ago Lake Mead, the nation’s largest reservoir and a vital source of water for more than 25 million people across the Southwest, has dwindled to its lowest levels ever as the region struggles through a … -7.0
1d ago Canada wildfires reach level 6 as blazes become uncontrollable. Scientists relocate Florida coral to combat extreme heat. Teddy Bridgewater announces retirement from the NFL. Statistics Canada repo… -1.5
1d ago Translation: the world is on fire. The June heat wave cost Germany 6.3 billion Euros. Meanwhile the six largest oil companies are on track to double their record-breaking first qtr profits in 2Q 20… -6.0
1d ago the way the drought is changing agriculture in the Italian north, where everything was designed on the assumption of a stable level of the largest Italian river, the Po - now no longer such -4.0
1d ago Climate change is bringing drought and more intense fires. We had to plan our trip around the largest two in central and southern CO, the Elk Fire and the Gold Fire. The Watch Duty app kept us up-… -3.5

Articles in Story

Tier Title Category Source Feeling SentimentSentiment Score (-5 to +5)
LLM-assessed emotional tone of coverage.

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0 = neutral/factual
+5 = extremely positive/hopeful

The colored bar shows position on the scale. Emotion badge uses Plutchik's 8 primary emotions: joy, trust, fear, surprise, sadness, disgust, anger, anticipation.
T3 Nation's Largest Reservoir Drops To Lowest Water Level Ever weather_drought iheart.com parched, alarming, dire
-3.8
sadness
T3 Nation's Largest Reservoir Drops To Lowest Water Level Ever weather_drought iheart.com parched, alarming, dire
-3.8
sadness
T3 Nation's Largest Reservoir Drops To Lowest Water Level Ever weather_drought iheart.com parched, alarming, urgent
-3.8
fear
T3 Nation's Largest Reservoir Drops To Lowest Water Level Ever weather_drought iheart.com alarming, parched, urgent
-3.8
fear
T3 Nation's Largest Reservoir Drops To Lowest Water Level Ever weather_drought iheart.com alarming, parched, precarious
-3.8
fear
T3 Nation's Largest Reservoir Drops To Lowest Water Level Ever weather_drought iheart.com alarming, parched, precarious
-3.8
fear
T3 Nation's Largest Reservoir Drops To Lowest Water Level Ever weather_drought iheart.com alarming, parched, precarious
-3.8
fear
T3 Nation's Largest Reservoir Drops To Lowest Water Level Ever weather_drought iheart.com parched, alarming, desperate
-3.8
sadness
T3 Nation's Largest Reservoir Drops To Lowest Water Level Ever weather_drought iheart.com parched, alarming, desolate
-3.8
fear
T3 Nation's Largest Reservoir Drops To Lowest Water Level Ever weather_drought iheart.com alarming, parched, uncertain
-3.8
fear
T3 Nation's Largest Reservoir Drops To Lowest Water Level Ever weather_drought iheart.com parched, alarming, urgent
-3.8
fear
T3 Nation's Largest Reservoir Drops To Lowest Water Level Ever weather_drought iheart.com parched, alarming, dire
-3.8
fear
T3 Nation's Largest Reservoir Drops To Lowest Water Level Ever weather_drought iheart.com parched, alarming, dire
-3.8
fear
T3 Nation's Largest Reservoir Drops To Lowest Water Level Ever weather_drought iheart.com parched, alarming, dire
-3.8
fear
T3 Largest U.S. reservoir plummets to lowest level since it was filled some 90 years ago weather_drought fortune.com parched, alarming, precarious
-3.7
sadness
T3 Largest water reservoir in the US plummets to lowest in 90 years weather_drought timeslive.co.za parched, alarming, precarious
-4.4
fear