(MENAFN- QNA) At least 17 people were killed after torrential downpours triggered a landslide on Indonesia's main island of Java.
Officials said the landslide left nearly 100 others missing, with persistent rain hampering rescue efforts.
Spokesman of the National Agency for Disaster Management said the landslide buried 105 houses after three days of torrential rains in Java Island.
Hundreds of rescuers were digging with shovels through mud and rubble after the landslide buried scores of houses in Jemblung village in central Java late Friday, the national disaster agency said.
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