31 dead, 19 missing in Indonesian floods, landslides By AFP

Indonesian villagers and search and rescue team members carry out the body of a landslide victim at Gumelem Kulon village in Banjarnegara on June 19, 2016. Flash flooding and landslides in Indonesia have killed 24 and left more than two dozen missing, an official said on June 19, with mud avalanches burying people inside their homes. ROHMAT SYARIF / AFP The death toll from flash floods and landslides in Indonesia has risen to 31, an official said Sunday, as search crews scour devastated villages in the hope of finding survivors. Nineteen people remain missing following torrential rain and widespread flooding in Central Java, where thousands of homes have been swamped in water. Areas prone to landslides in the densely-populated province have been worst hit, with drivers swept off roads and dozens of homes completely destroyed by fast-moving walls of mud, rock and water.