A 78-year-old farmer looks at the damaged grapes in the Mabicho district of Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, on July 12. The 4-meter-tall greenhouse was completely submerged by the flood.
A gouge caused by a landslide following torrential rain is seen on July 10 on a collapsed slope with citrus trees in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture.
A tangerine sorting area of JA Ehimeminami, an agricultural cooperative in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, is seen covered with mud on July 10.
EHIME, OKAYAMA, HIROSHIMA, July 14 – Several consecutive days of torrential rain that hit large parts of western Japan in July caused floods and landslides in a number of areas, with the death toll topping 200 in 14 prefectures. Farmlands and agricultural facilities were severely damaged, with floods killing crops and slopes with fruit trees collapsing. The extent of damage to agriculture is yet to be fully grasped.
Scrap iron and wood that flew into the farmlands when the Oda River broke its banks are seen piled up in the rice paddies in the Mabicho district of Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, on July 11.