Death toll in deadly flooding and landslides in Indonesia rises to 21

Workers clear a road cut off by a landslide following a flash flood in Pekalongan, Central Java, Indonesia (Janaki DM/AP)

Indonesian rescuers retrieved four more bodies as they resumed their search for people missing after floods and landslides on Indonesia’s main island of Java, bringing the death toll to 21.

Waters from flooded rivers tore through nine villages in the Pekalongan regency of Central Java province and landslides tumbled onto mountainside hamlets after torrential rains on Monday.