Indonesian rescuers have recovered at least 16 bodies that 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

A landslide in Indonesia's Central Java area of Pekalongan killed 16 people, Bergas Caturasi, an official at the country's regional disaster mitigation agency, said on Tuesday. (Reporting by Stanley Widianto;

Officials say rescuers recover 16 bodies from flash floods and a landslide on Indonesia's main island of Java. Got a question? Put a reporter on it. Ever think of a question that you wish someone would answer?

Indonesian rescuers resumed a search on Wednesday for people missing after flash floods and landslides on Indonesia’s main island of Java that killed at least 17 people. 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 on Monday.