Rescue workers are continuing to search for 34 missing people after two separate landslides in two different regions on Indonesia's main island of Java killed at least 18 people.

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (NDMA) said the death toll rose to at least 16 people after emergency crews recovered more bodies following the landslides that hit three villages in the Cilacap district of Central Java province.

More than 500 rescue personnel, including police and soldiers, supported by 22 excavators and 18 sniffer dogs, have been deployed in five devastated areas in Cilacap to search for seven villagers reportedly still missing as search efforts continued for a fifth day on Monday, according to the NDMA.

It added that a similar landslide struck Central Java's Banjarnegara district just

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