SHOCKING PHOTOS: Drought In California

Underground stores of water in the southwestern United States have receded dramatically...

This picture taken from a helicopter shows a drought affected area in the outskirts of San Francisco, California, on July 23, 2014.

One of California's worst droughts in decades could cost the US state's farmers $1.7 billion, a recent study warned.

The drought could leave 14,500 workers without jobs in California's Central Valley, known as America's food basket for providing vast supplies of fruit, vegetables and meat.

This picture taken from a helicopter shows a drought affected area near Los Altos Hills, California, on July 23, 2014.

This picture taken from a helicopter shows a drought affected area near Los Altos Hills, California, on July 23, 2014.

This picture taken from a helicopter shows a drought affected area near Los Altos Hills, California, on July 23, 2014.

This picture taken from a helicopter shows a drought affected area near Los Altos Hills, California, on July 23, 2014.

This picture taken from a helicopter shows a drought affected area near Los Altos Hills, California, on July 23, 2014.

This picture taken from a helicopter shows aircrafts lining up next to fields of dead grass at the San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, California, on July 23, 2014.

This picture taken from a helicopter shows a drought affected area in the outskirts of San Francisco, California, on July 23, 2014.