Indonesia: floods, landslides kill dozens

At least 35 people have been killed by landslides and floods on Indonesia's Java island and many others are missing.

Dozens of houses were buried in the landslides and thousands of homes were inundated by floods in 16 districts and towns in Central Java province over the weekend.

Rescue workers including soldiers, police and volunteers are still searching for victims.

The spokesman for the National Disaster Management Agency, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, said that 25 villagers were still missing in the worst-hit district of Purworejo, where 19 people died.

Seasonal rains often cause flooding and landslides in Indonesia, an archipelago of 17,000 islands where millions of people live in mountainous areas or flood-prone plains close to rivers.  (Source: AP)