Latest photography of California’s devastating drought emergency

California is currently experiencing a severe drought, and it's not over yet.

California has recently been experiencing a very serious drought, with many of the state’s reservoirs and waterways at fractions of their normal levels, and water shortages being reported across the state. During February, which is traditionally the rainy season, no measurable rain was recorded in Los Angeles County.

With the drought also comes a higher risk of wildfires, and California is braced for a record-breaking season that could top the 4.1 million acres of damage that occurred in 2020.

We bring you a gallery of some of the worst-affected areas.

San Gabriel Reservoir

In an aerial view, the San Gabriel River and the exposed lakebed of the San Gabriel Reservoir are seen in the third week of spring as another year of drought develops throughout the West, on April 8, 2021 in the San Gabriel Mountains near Azusa, California. Precipitation was extremely low in Los Angeles County this winter with no measurable rain recorded in downtown Los Angeles during the month of February, which is the height of the rainy season. As native vegetation continues to grow drier and more flammable each month, fire officials expect another devastating season of massive wildfires. Historically, there is little chance of rain until late 2021. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

Browns Ravine Cove

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Josh Edelson/AP/Shutterstock (12008958d) Empty boat docks sit on dry land at the Browns Ravine Cove area of drought-stricken Folsom Lake, currently at 37% of its normal capacity, in Folsom, Calif., . California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a drought emergency for most of the state California Drought Reservoirs, Folsom, United States - 22 May 2021

Folsom Lake Marina

Empty boat slips sit on a dry lake bed at Folsom Lake Marina as the lake experiences lower water levels during the California drought emergency on May 27, 2021 in El Dorado Hills, California. - On May 10, California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of drought emergency in 41 counties, including El Dorado County where Folsom Lake is located. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

Lake Sonoma

Lime Saddle Marina

OROVILLE, CA - JUNE 08: In an aerial view, houseboats whose owners chose to leave them in the lake, float near the lake's shore at the Lime Saddle Marina for Lake Oroville near Paradise, Calif., on Tuesday, June 8, 2021. Drought has caused the water level to drop in Lake Oroville several hundred feet, leaving houseboat owners to make a choice to leave their craft in the water or to remove them since boat ramps will not reach the low level of the water as it drops lower and lower. (Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)OROVILLE, CA - JUNE 08: In an aerial view, houseboats whose owners chose to leave them in the lake, float at a water level nearly 200 feet below normal at the Lime Saddle Marina for Lake Oroville near Paradise, Calif., on Tuesday, June 8, 2021. Drought has caused the water level to drop in Lake Oroville several hundred feet, leaving houseboat owners to make a choice to leave their craft in the water or to remove them since boat ramps will not reach the low level of the water as it drops lower and lower. (Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

Lake Mendocino

Bidwell Canyon

Mandatory Credit: Photo by JOHN G MABANGLO/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (12079872a) Houseboats float below normal levels at the Bidwell Canyon Marina on Lake Oroville in Oroville, California, USA, 14 June 2021. Many owners are leaving their boats in the water instead of taking them to dry dock as water levels are at a record low due to chronic drought in the west of the United States. Numerous counties of California are now under a drought state of emergency and the California Governor Gavin Newsom is asking Californians to conserve water. Lake Oroville at low levels in California drought, USA - 14 Jun 2021

Badwater Basin

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