Flash flooding and landslides on Indonesia’s main island of Java have killed at least 21 people and damaged villages and rice fields.
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).
Flash floods and landslides triggered by torrential rains on Indonesia's Java island have left at least 17 people dead and eight others missing, with rescue operations underway.
The heavy rains caused rivers to overflow on the main island of Java, flooding nine villages and sending mud, rocks, and debris cascading down the mountainsides.
People make their way on a road cut off by a landslide following a flash flood which killed a number of people in Pekalongan, Central Java, Indonesia, Wednesday, Jan. 22,
Extreme weather events have been striking Bali in the past two months as the island braces for the peak of the rainy season.
Indonesian rescuers 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, officials said Tuesday (January 21, 2025). Nine people were missing.
JAKARTA, Indonesia — (AP) — Indonesian rescuers recovered the bodies of at least 17 people who were swept away in flash floods or ... through nine villages in Pekalongan regency of Central ...