This is the dramatic moment a flash flood surged into a home during heavy rain in Indonesia on Monday. CCTV captured the rising water level as muddy torrents filled the property in the Pekalongan Regency of Central Java on January 20.
In December, a landslide and flash floods in Sukabumi, West Java, killed 12 people, destroyed dozens of homes and forced evacuations in vulnerable areas. Villagers described the floods as "unprecedented" with rapid water currents sweeping through settlements.
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.
Officials say rescuers recover 16 bodies from flash floods and a landslide on Indonesia's main island of Java.
Flash floods killed at least two residents amid heavy rain in Indonesia. Local media reported that the storm destroyed bridges, houses, vehicles, and public facilities. More than 11,000 residents were displaced during the deluge in Lampung province on January 17.
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.
Residents and activists in Labuan Bajo, a popular tourist town in Indonesia's Catholic-majority Flores Island, have blamed a government project for fueling unprecedented flash flooding. Residents said the flooding triggered by heavy rain for three hours submerged hundreds of homes on Jan. 20.
Indonesian rescuers retrieved two more bodies after they resumed their search Wednesday for people missing after floods and landslides on Indonesia’s main island of Java, bringing the death toll to 19.
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.