YUEYANG, July 7, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Most of the piers of the Dongting Lake Bridge are flooded in Yueyang, central China's Hunan Province, July 7, 2016. Due to torrential rainfall in upper reaches, the water level in Chenglingji of Dongting Lake reached 34.42 meters Thursday, 1.92 meters higher than the warning line. Continuous rainfall has made nine people dead and one missing, destroyed 5,383 houses and affected 3,503,600 people in 608 townships in Hunan. (Xinhua/Long Hongtao)