Hundreds of rescue workers are searching through the mud and debris left by a landslide in Indonesia's Central Java region. The disaster has killed at least 19 people and left several others missing in the mountainous area.

Indonesian rescuers on Wednesday were searching for 13 people missing after a landslide in Central Java province which killed at least 17 people, an official said.

A landslide in Indonesia's Central Java area of Pekalongan killed 16 people, Bergas Caturasi, an official at the country's regional disaster mitigation agency, said on Tuesday. (Reporting by Stanley Widianto;