Dead Sea water level falling 4x speed

The Dead Sea is shrinking. The growing population of Israel and Jordan have been using the water of the Jordan River for drinking and irrigation for nearly a century. As a consequence, very little water from the river has been entering the Dead Sea for decades. This video begins with two water-level marks made by individuals working with the Palestine Exploration Fund (PEF) in 1913 and 1917. In this video, the drone flies more than a mile to the east before reaching the shoreline. The sea is half the size it was only a century ago. People living in the biblical era would have seen a much larger lake.