More than half of America has suffered from drought

The map provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows that drought affects more than half of the United States, with the Midwest being the worst.

According to NOAA, this is the biggest drought since 1956, when 58% of the US area was dry. This is the scene of a boat stranded on the lake in Cicero, Indiana.

A cow looks for something to eat on a dry burning field in Hays, Kansas.

Hot weather and no rain have seriously affected crops. Brother Steve Niedbalski holds a corn that cannot grow on arid fields at a family farm in Nashville, Illinois.

Corn and soybeans and two types of plants are most affected by hot and dry weather.

Dead fish in a lake that has run out of water in the area of ​​fish and wildlife conservation in Indiana state.

A lake was run out of water in Crossville, Illinois. This is only the second time in the past 50 years that the lake has dried up.

Illinois governor Pat Quinn held a press conference on the state's drought right in a cornfield damaged by the harsh weather in Waltonville.

The sight of cracked reservoirs is not uncommon in the US during this drought.

A roadside thermometer measures temperatures in Washington, DC at 103 degrees Fahrenheit (39 degrees C).

Hot dry weather has caused forest fire in many midwestern states. A sign on Road 80 in Salt Lake City, Utah warned of the risk of forest fires.

A dog bears a tongue for temperatures of up to 39.5 degrees Celsius at Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Nebraska.

Demetrius Smith and James Jernigan must use ice bags to cool their bodies at a baseball field in Atlanta, Georgia.

Children play at a fountain in Silver Spring, Maryland to cool their bodies.