In Photos: Torrential rain leaves trail of flooding, damage in western Japan

Rescuers conduct a search at a home that was swept away in the wake of torrential rain, in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on July 8, 2018. (Mainichi)

An elderly person is rescued from a home after a road was cut off by heavy rain, isolating people, in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on July 8, 2018. (Mainichi)

A man who had remained in his home after heavy flooding is rescued by boat in Saka, Hiroshima Prefecture, on July 8, 2018. (Mainichi)

Police officers and other workers hold up a plastic sheet after a body was found at the scene of a landslide that swept away a home, in Hiroshima's Aki Ward on July 8, 2018. (Mainichi)

The scene of a landslide is seen in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, on July 8, 2018. (Mainichi)

Children play near an area where huge rocks were left by a landslide, in Hiroshima's Aki Ward on July 8, 2018. (Mainichi)

People look on with solemn expressions as a person is carried away from the scene where a home collapsed in a landslide, in Hiroshima's Aki Ward on July 8, 2018. (Mainichi)

Self-Defense Force members and others continue rescue work in Kitakyushu's Moji Ward on July 8, 2018. (Mainichi)

Workers search for missing people in a landslide-hit area that heavy machinery cannot enter in Hiroshima's Aki Ward on July 8, 2018. (Mainichi)

A search continues for missing people following a landslide in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, on July 8, 2018. (Mainichi)

A man peers into a stream of muddy water following torrential rain in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on July 8, 2018. (Mainichi)

A helicopter continues rescue work at Mabi Memorial Hospital, where many people remained in the wake of flooding caused by heavy rain in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, on July 8, 2018. (Mainichi)

Rescue workers examine a collapsed structure that was caught up in a landslide in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on July 8, 2018. (Mainichi)

An area of Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, is seen after the Oda River flooded in the wake of torrential rain, on July 8, 2018. (Mainichi)

A woman is rescued from the second floor of a home in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on July 8, 2018. (Mainichi)

Rescue workers and Self-Defense Forces members examine a home that collapsed in a landslide, in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on July 8, 2018. (Mainichi)

Rescue workers examine a home that collapsed in a landslide, in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on July 8, 2018. (Mainichi)

People carry away their undamaged household appliances in an area hit by landslides in Kumano, Hiroshima Prefecture, on July 8, 2018. (Mainichi)

A photo album remains left among rubble in the wake of a landslide as a search for missing people continues, in Kumano, Hiroshima Prefecture, on July 8, 2018. (Mainichi)

A bouquet of flowers is placed some distance away from an area where many people died or went missing in the wake of landslides caused by heavy rain, in Kumano, Hiroshima Prefecture, on July 8, 2018. (Mainichi)

A search continues at a scene where a landslide left many people dead or missing in Kumano, Hiroshima Prefecture, on July 8, 2018. (Mainichi)

A man, right, runs to a water distribution area in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on July 8, 2018. (Mainichi)

A young boy pushes distributed water on a stroller in the wake of torrential rain in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on July 8, 2018. (Mainichi)

A woman checks the condition of her house after floodwaters receded in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, on July 9, 2018. (Mainichi)

People pile up sandbags against a river overflowing into a residential area, where they say water levels are higher than the day before, in Hiroshima's Aki Ward, on July 9, 2018. (Mainichi)

Residences swallowed by flooding due to torrential rains are seen from a Mainichi Shimbun helicopter, in Mihara, Hiroshima Prefecture, on July 9, 2018. (Mainichi)

A woman pushes her bicycle down a street that has been turned into a river with a stronger current than the day before, in Hiroshima's Aki Ward, on July 9, 2018. (Mainichi)

Firefighters and other rescue personnel load a person who had been missing into an ambulance after discovering them at the site of a landslide, in Kitakyushu's Moji Ward, Fukuoka Prefecture, on July 9, 2018. (Mainichi)