The death toll from flash floods and landslides in Pekalongan, Central Java, has risen to 19, with two more bodies found on Wednesday (Jan 22), according to Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB).

Torrential rain caused the landslide, and heavy rain and fog were hindering rescue efforts. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Indonesian rescuers have retrieved two more bodies as they resumed their search for people missing after floods and landslides on Indonesia’s main island of Java, bringing the death toll to 19

Rescuers in Indonesia continue to search for survivors after a landslide in the country’s Central Java province killed at least 19 people. Torrential rain in Pekalongan caused a landslide on Tuesday on a main road connecting the city with a tourist area,

This mobile phone photo provided by Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) shows rescue teams evacuating a body of a victim after landslide hit Kasimpar village in Pekalongan Regency,

Rescue teams, including Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS), the army, police, and volunteers, use high-pressure water to search for victims of a landslide triggered by heavy rain two days ago, which has so far claimed 19 lives, in Kasimpar Village, Central Java, on Jan. 22. (Photo: AFP)

Indonesian rescuers recovered the bodies of at least 17 people who were swept away in flash floods or buried under tons of mud and rocks that hit hilly villages on the country’s main island of Java, officials said Tuesday.

Hundreds of rescuers were searching through thick mud and debris to find survivors Wednesday after a rain-triggered landslide in