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INDONESIA

Landslides, flash floods leave 18 dead

Indonesian rescuers recovered the bodies of at least 18 people who were swept away in flash floods or buried under mud and rocks that hit hilly villages on the country's main island of Java, officials said Tuesday. At least nine people were missing. Torrential rains on Monday caused rivers to burst their banks, tearing through nine villages in the Pekalongan regency of Central Java Province, said Bergas Catursasi Penanggungan, head of the Central Java disaster mitigation agency. The landslides also critically injured 10 individuals and partially damaged two houses.