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People walk through heavy rain at Times Square in New York: photo by Shannon Stapleton/Reuters, 18 June 2012
Commuters dodge high wind and heavy rain during a thunderstorm in midtown Manhattan, New York: photo by Adrees Latif/Reuters, 18 July 2012
New York Mets relief pitcher Miguel Batista warms up in the rain before a baseball game between the Mets and the Washington Nationals, in Washington. photo by Alex Brandon/Associated Press, 18 July 2012
A dead fish in Mitchell Lake in the Ballard Wildlife Management Area near Barlow, Kentucky, as lack a of rain and excessive heat deplete oxygen from the water: photo by Stephen Lance Dennee/Associated Press, 18 July 2012
The exposed bottom of the Mississippi River is baked and cracked by extreme heat and lack of rain, near St. Louis. The nation's widest drought in decades is spreading, with more than half of the continental United States now in some stage of drought: photo by Robert Ray/Associated Press, 17 July 2012
Corn stalks struggling from lack of rain and a heat wave covering most of the country, Farmingdale, Illinois. The nation's widest drought in decades is spreading. More than half of the continental U.S. is now in some stage of drought, and most of the rest is abnormally dry: photo by Seth Perlman/Associated Press, 16 July 2012
Four rows of corn left for insurance adjusters to examine are all that remain of a 40-acre cornfield in Geff, Illinois. Over ten days of triple digit temperatures with little rain in the past two months is forcing many farmers to call 2012 a total loss: photo by Robert Ray/Associated Press, 16 July 2012
Corn stalks wilt and burn away at the base in dry soil after enduring weeks of extreme temperatures in Geff, Illinois. In southern Illinois many farmers are filing a total loss for 2012 and hoping they survive until the next growing season: photo by Robert Ray/Associated Press, 16 July 2012
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