Indonesian rescuers recovered the bodies of at least 17 people who were swept away in flash floods or buried under tons of mud and rocks that hit hilly villages on the country’s main island of Java, officials said Tuesday.

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.

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.

A landslide in Indonesia's Central Java city of Pekalongan has killed 16 people and injured 10, an official at the country's regional disaster mitigation agency and police say. The landslide was triggered by heavy rains in the area, Bergas Catursasi told news channel Kompas TV.

A tragedy occurred near the city of Pekalongan in the Indonesian province of Central Java. Several people were killed due to a landslide. It is currently the rainy season on the island in Southeast Asia.

A landslide triggered by heavy rain on Indonesia's main island of Java has killed at least 17 people with nine others missing, disaster officials said on Tuesday.