At least 17 people have died, and eight remain missing, after torrential rains triggered flash floods and landslides across Indonesia's Java island. Flash floods and landslides during Indonesia's rainy season frequently lead to devastating loss of life and infrastructure damage.

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.

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).

Rescue teams are tirelessly searching for the missing, braving hazardous conditions and unstable terrain, as per officials. Seasonal rain from about October to March frequently causes flooding and landslides in Indonesia.

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.

At least 16 people have died and 10 others have been injured after a landslide struck Indonesia’s Central Java province, government officials confirmed on Tuesday. Heavy rains triggered the disaster in the city of Pekalongan, where authorities are racing to locate three people still missing.