text: Heavy rainfall on August 7 and 8 , 1708 , the year following the HÅ ei eruption , caused an avalanche of volcanic ash and mud and broke the dams , flooding the Ashigara plain .
simplified: Heavy rainfall on August 7 and 8 , 1708 , caused an avalanche of volcanic ash and mud and broke the dams . The river flooded the Ashigara plain .