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View all search resultsDeath toll from Central Java landslide rises to 18
A landslide in the city of Cilacap last week buried a dozen houses in Cibeunying village, the disaster mitigation agency said. Search and rescue efforts were challenging as people were buried 3 to 8 metres (10 to 25 feet) deep, it said.
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A destroyed house is seen as rescuers search for survivors after a landslide buried some houses in Cibeunying village, Cilacap regency, Central Java, on November 14, 2025. (AFP/Bakhtiar Rahman)
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ain-triggered landslides in two regions in Central Java last week have led to the deaths of at least 18 people, authorities said on Monday, with search operations ongoing.
A landslide in the city of Cilacap last week buried a dozen houses in Cibeunying village, the disaster mitigation agency said. Search and rescue efforts were challenging as people were buried 3 to 8 metres (10 to 25 feet) deep, it said.
The Cilacap landslide has killed at least 16 people, with 7 missing, said M Abdullah, chief of the search and rescue agency's local division.
Excavators were deployed to dig through dirt in Cilacap, footage from news channel KompasTV showed on Monday.
Separately, two people died and 27 were missing after a landslide on Saturday in the region of Banjarnegara in Central Java, the disaster mitigation agency said on Monday. As many as 30 houses as well as farms were damaged, it said.
The national weather service had warned earlier this week of extreme conditions that could cause hydrometeorological disasters, with heavy rainfall expected across several regions on Indonesia in the coming weeks.
The annual monsoon season, typically between November and April, often brings landslides, flash floods and water-borne diseases.
Climate change has impacted storm patterns, including the duration and intensity of the season, resulting in heavier rainfall, flash flooding and stronger wind gusts.
Earlier in November, flash floods and landslides in a remote area of Papua killed at least 15 people.
