911-10350 - Lake Isabella near Bakersfield, East of California's Central valley is at less than 13% capacity following the four year long devastating drought. The reservoir has dropped so low, that the water level is below the outflow pipe.

911-10347 - An RV that until recently would be 40 feet underwater on the lake bed of Lake Isabella near Bakersfield, East of California's Central valley which is at less than 13% capacity following the four year long devastating drought. The reservoir has dropped so low, that the water level is below the outflow pipe.

911-10353 - Lake Isabella near Bakersfield, East of California's Central valley is at less than 13% capacity following the four year long devastating drought. The reservoir has dropped so low, that the water level is below the outflow pipe. This shot shows the boat launching jetty, that has been taken as far down the ramp as possible, and is still nowhere near the water level.

911-10354 - Lake Isabella near Bakersfield, East of California's Central valley is at less than 13% capacity following the four year long devastating drought. The reservoir has dropped so low, that the water level is below the outflow pipe, shown here.

911-10352 - Lake Isabella near Bakersfield, East of California's Central valley is at less than 13% capacity following the four year long devastating drought. The reservoir has dropped so low, that the water level is below the outflow pipe.

911-10349 - Lake Isabella near Bakersfield, East of California's Central valley is at less than 13% capacity following the four year long devastating drought. The reservoir has dropped so low, that the water level is below the outflow pipe.

911-10351 - Lake Isabella near Bakersfield, East of California's Central valley is at less than 13% capacity following the four year long devastating drought. The reservoir has dropped so low, that the water level is below the outflow pipe.

911-10348 - Lake Isabella near Bakersfield, East of California's Central valley is at less than 13% capacity following the four year long devastating drought. The reservoir has dropped so low, that the water level is below the outflow pipe.

911-10355 - Lake Isabella near Bakersfield, East of California's Central valley is at less than 13% capacity following the four year long devastating drought. The reservoir has dropped so low, that the water level is below the outflow pipe.

832-368938 - Architecture students drawing a diagram of a earthquake-proof house with truss structure. They are being trained by a German aid organization after the devastating earthquake in January 2010, Coq Chante village near Jacmel, Haiti, Caribbean, Central Ameri

1161-2903 - Man wades through flood water in Swinbrook, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

1161-2901 - Car and boy on a bike try to move through flood water in Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

1161-2900 - Children ride their bikes through flood water in Minster Lovell, The Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

1161-2898 - Firemen pump water out of flooded home in Naunton, The Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom

1161-2904 - Four wheel drive car drives through flooded road in Swinbrook, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

1161-2899 - Outdoor tables and chairs of The Swan Hotel submerged in flood water, Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

1161-2895 - Car forced off the road by flood water sweeping from field to field in Lyneham, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

1161-2897 - Car abandoned in flood in Ascott-Under-Wychwood, The Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, England, UK

1161-2902 - Four wheel drive car drives through flooded road in Swinbrook, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

1161-2896 - Car forced off the road by flooding in Lyneham, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

857-34024 - Young boys on donkeys watch over flocks of goats, sheep and donkeys near the top of the Shebar Pass, which crosses into the Province of Bamiyan. Due to a devastating drought in the region, dry wheat farming has failed for three years from 1998-2002 and the forage is extremely sparse, The pass is a strategic point leading into the Central Highlands, the Koh-i-Baba range and the Hazarajat, at the end of the Hindu Kush. Most of the people of this region are of the Hazara tribe, and are Shi'a Moslems who have been persecuted for centuries by many of the Pashtun rulers of Afghanistan, who are from the Sunni sect.

1194-2070 - Indonesia a kindergarten in banda aceh which lost many of children to tsunami, been rebuilt. schools director halimah anwar bustam (seen here in foreground) describes horrors suffered: area kids came from completely flattened by waves. On that fateful sunday children were in their homes, or many were already on beach having. So many died that morning. It devastating. Only we getting things back together, very grateful to helping with reconstruction of damaged building. staff give up a portion of their (already) salaries to sponsor poor children from outlying villages to come to school. structure includes offices staff, a library, prayer room wheelchair accessible classroom.__ Photograph taken in banda aceh, -december 2006, 2 years after tsunami of december 26th 2004 devasted much of coastal region. Taken to illustrate reconstruction work projects of (catholic relief services) of sponsored photo tour

817-217602 - The upper Kachope lake app 4300m The vegetation is altered by a devastating forest fire in the early 2000, Rwenzori Africa, East Africa, Uganda, Rwenzori, January 2009

823-414 - Aerial view of Mount Nyiragongo, an active volcano in the Virunga Mountains in Virunga National Park, near the border with Rwanda, known for its recent devastating eruptions, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Great Rift Valley, Africa

823-415 - Aerial view of Mount Nyiragongo, an active volcano in the Virunga Mountains in Virunga National Park, near the border with Rwanda, known for its recent devastating eruptions, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Great Rift Valley, Africa

823-416 - Aerial view of Mount Nyiragongo, an active volcano in the Virunga Mountains in Virunga National Park, near the border with Rwanda, known for its recent devastating eruptions, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Great Rift Valley, Africa

823-411 - Aerial view of Mount Nyiragongo, an active volcano in the Virunga Mountains in Virunga National Park, near the border with Rwanda, known for its recent devastating eruptions, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Great Rift Valley, Africa

823-413 - Aerial view of Mount Nyiragongo, an active volcano in the Virunga Mountains in Virunga National Park, near the border with Rwanda, known for its recent devastating eruptions, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Great Rift Valley, Africa