Indonesian rescuers recovered 10 bodies that were swept away in flash floods or buried under tons of mud and rocks that hit hilly villages on the country’s main island of Java, officials said Monday.

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Flash floods and landslides that hit hilly villages on Indonesia's main island of Java have killed at least 10 people. At least 10 people are known to have died and at least two more are missing after ...

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A passenger bus crash killed at least 16 people on Indonesia's main island of Java just after midnight Monday, officials sa ...

A strong and shallow undersea earthquake shook the eastern side of Indonesia’s main island of Java on Friday, causing some damage but no immediate reports of casualties. The U.S. Geological Survey ...

A passenger bus crash killed at least 16 people on Indonesia’s main island of Java just after midnight Monday.

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Landslides and Flash Floods on Indonesia’s Java Island Leave 17 Dead and 8 Missing JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian rescuers recovered the bodies of at least 17 people who were swept away in flash ...

JAKARTA, IndonesiaJAKARTA, Indonesia — A strong magnitude 6.1 earthquake shook the southern part of Indonesia’s main island of Java on Saturday, but there were no immediate reports of injury or ...