Indonesian rescuers have resumed searching for people still missing after flash floods and landslides on Indonesia’s main island of Java that killed at least 17 people.

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

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 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.

A landslide triggered by heavy rain on Indonesia's main island of Java has killed at least 17 people with nine others missing, disaster officials said on Tuesday.