An alley in the Kouzi village of Shouguang, a town in Shangkou, was seen littered with pig carcasses on Aug. 25. Photo: Chen Weixi/Caixin

Pigs, who had drowned in the flood, could be found along many muddy roads in the old site of Kouzi village in Shouguang’s Shangkou township. Photo: Ding Gang/Caixin

A sow that survived the flood suckles a piglet. Photo: Ding Gang/Caixin

A flooded cornfield in the Lijiawan village in Shouguang's town of Yingli. Crops are favored by farmers in the town because logistic costs for vegetable are too high. Photo: Chen Weixi/Caixin

Residents in Lijiawan village have brought their furniture, clothes and bedding – soaked wet from the flood – into their yards to dry them in the sun. Photo: Chen Weixi/Caixin

Residents in Lijiawan village have brought their furniture, clothes and bedding – soaked wet from the flood – into their yards to dry them in the sun. Photo: Chen Weixi/Caixin

Residents in Lijiawan village have brought their furniture, clothes and bedding – soaked wet from the flood – into their yards to dry them in the sun. Photo: Chen Weixi/Caixin

Lijiawan was submerged in water up to one meter deep flowing out of a local waterway via a breach. Photo: Chen Weixi/Caixin