Officials say rescuers recover 16 bodies from flash floods and a landslide on Indonesia's main island of Java.

YAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Rescatistas recuperan 16 cuerpos tras inundaciones y un alud de tierra en Java, la isla principal de Indonesia.

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A landslide in Indonesia's Central Java city of Pekalongan has killed 16 people and injured 10, an official at the country's regional disaster mitigation agency and police say. The landslide was triggered by heavy rains in the area, Bergas Catursasi told news channel Kompas TV.

Hundreds of rescuers were searching through thick mud and debris to find survivors Wednesday after a rain-triggered landslide in Indonesia killed at least 19 people and left seven missing.

Intense rainfall in a mountainous area near Pekalongan city sparked the landslide on Monday, collapsing bridges and burying cars and houses.

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. Waters from flooded rivers tore through nine villages in Pekalongan regency of Central Java province and landslides tumbled onto mountainside hamlets after the torrential rains Monday.

Hundreds of rescuers were searching through thick mud and debris to find survivors Wednesday after a rain-triggered landslide in Indonesia killed at least 17 people and left nine missing.

At least 17 bodies have been recovered after a flash flood on the Indonesian island of Java, with eight individuals still unaccounted for. The disaster struck on Monday due to torrential rains, causing rivers to overflow and inundating the villages of Pekalongan regency with mud and rocks.

Indonesian rescuers on Wednesday were searching for 13 people missing after a landslide in Central Java province which killed at least 17 people, an official said.