Excessive logging after the War caused many floods across the country including at the Yodo-gawa River, where Typhoon 13 of the 1953 season broke the levees of the Uji-gawa River and inflicted serious damage to Uji City and the areas around the river.
戦後森林の乱伐等で全国的に水害が多発したが淀川でも例外ではなく、1953年（昭和28年）の台風13号では宇治川の堤防が決壊し宇治市等流域市町村に多大な損害を与えた。