Flash flooding and landslides on Indonesia’s main island of Java have killed at least 21 people and damaged villages and rice fields.

A devastating landslide in Indonesia's Central Java province has resulted in 17 fatalities and 13 missing persons. Torrential rain triggered the disaster in Pekalongan, complicating rescue efforts by local authorities.

This mobile phone photo provided by Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) shows rescue teams evacuating a body of a victim after landslide hit Kasimpar village in Pekalongan Regency,

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.

Rescue teams, including Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS), the army, police, and volunteers, use high-pressure water to search for victims of a landslide triggered by heavy rain two days ago, which has so far claimed 19 lives, in Kasimpar Village, Central Java, on Jan. 22. (Photo: AFP)

Hundreds of rescue workers are searching through the mud and debris left by a landslide in Indonesia's Central Java region. The disaster has killed at least 19 people and left several others missing in the mountainous area.

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. Torrential rain in the city of Pekalongan in Central Java province caused a landslide on Tuesday and heavy rain and fog were hindering rescue efforts.

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.

Rescuers work at the site of a landslide in Kasimpar Village of Pekalongan, Central Java, Indonesia, Jan. 22,

Torrential rains on Monday caused rivers to burst their banks, tearing through nine villages in Pekalongan regency of Central Java province.

Indonesian rescuers resumed a search 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 Monday.