The death toll from torrential rains in western Japan moved above 100 early Monday, with dozens of others still missing after massive flooding and landslides destroyed homes and displaced tens of thousands. This is a selection of scenes of the widespread damage.
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Local residents collect water supplies near a flooded area at Mihara Daini junior high school, which is acting as an emergency water station, in Mihara, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Monday. | REUTERSA local resident walks in front of submerged and destroyed houses in a flooded area of Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, on Sunday | REUTERSA car is seen trapped in the mud after floods in Saka, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Sunday. | AFP-JIJIA man walks past a street in Saka, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Sunday after the area was devastated by floods. | AFP-JIJIA Self-Defense Force soldier approaches Mabi Memorial Hospital for rescue work in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, on Sunday. | REUTERSSelf-Defense Force soldiers rescue people from a flooded area of Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, on Sunday. | REUTERSSelf-Defense Force soldiers rescue people from a flooded area of Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, on Sunday. | REUTERSMen make their way down a flooded street in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, on Sunday. | REUTERSRescue workers rest in an area of Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, on Sunday after heavy rains inundated western Japan. | REUTERSHomes are submerged in floodwater in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, on Saturday, in this photo obtained from social media. | @RAATA_S660 / VIA REUTERSA dead carp carried by floodwaters is seen on a road in Mihara, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Sunday. | AFP-JIJICars are submerged in mud following floods in Saka, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Sunday. | AFP-JIJILocal residents walk next to a damaged car in a flooded area of Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, on Sunday. | REUTERSA washed-out road is seen following heavy rains and flooding in Mihara, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Sunday. | AFP-JIJISubmerged and destroyed houses are seen in a flooded area of Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, on Sunday. | REUTERS
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