Somalia Drought
Credit: Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET)
Dead livestock are scattered on the ground in drought-ridden Somalia in this 2006 photograph.
Drought in Kansas
Credit: Nathan Sullivan, USGS
Drought conditions on the Arkansas River at Great Bend, Kansas in July 2012.
Dried-Up Lake
Credit: Carol J. VanDyke, USGS
Drought effects Lake Hartwell, South Carolina.
Drought-Striken Longhorn
Credit: Texas Parks and Wildlife
A scrawny Longhorn in Big Bend Ranch State Park, West Texas. Lower-than-usual levels of vegetation have left both livestock and wildlife struggling to find food. [Read Full Story]
Dried Lakebed
Credit: Texas Parks and Wildlife
Lake Travis, near Austin, Tex., at 46.5 feet (14 meters) lower than usual.
Uncovered Treasures
Credit: Texas Parks and Wildlife
Lost a cell phone? As Lake Travis dried, the receding waters revealed gadgets dropped by boaters.
Blood-Red Lake
Credit: Texas Parks and Wildlife
As water levels dropped in OC Fischer Reservoir west of San Angelo, Tex., bacteria took over the stagnant, low-oxygen water. These bacteria turned the lake the color of blood. Dead fish, unable to survive without oxygen, float in the blood-red lake.
Cracked Earth
Credit: Texas Parks and Wildlife
Dried ground in Buescher State Park near Smithville, Tex.
Before and After
Credit: Texas Parks and Wildlife
Lake Texana between Houston and Corpus Christi. Above, normal conditions. Below, drought conditions.
Dead Fish in Texas
Credit: Travis Dowell, U.S. Geological Survey
O.C. Fisher Reservoir near San Angelo, Texas has experienced major drought in recent years, as this 2011 photograph of dried-up fish reveals.
Dried Fish
Credit: Texas Parks and Wildlife
Sun-bleached fish scattered along the edges of O.C. Fischer Reservoir. [Read Full Story]