A dock almost dries up due to a drought in the Dongting Lake in Yueyang City, central China's Hunan Province, May 11, 2011. A severe drought continued to plague in Hunan, disrupting drinking water supply to more than 320,000 people and drying up 4.5 million mu (3,000 square kilometers) of farmland, according to statistics from the local authorities. [Xinhua/Long Hongtao]