The sluice gates of the Three Gorges Dam are opened for the first time this year as flood water from heavy rain hurtles down the swollen Yangtze River in Yichang city, Central China's Hubei province, July 3, 2012. [Photo/Xinhua]

The sluice gates of the Three Gorges Dam are opened for the first time this year as flood water from heavy rain hurtles down the swollen Yangtze River in Yichang city, Central China's Hubei province, July 3, 2012. [Photo/Xinhua]