Heavy rains in Pekalongan cause landslides, blocking the highway and burying houses.
Rescuers in Indonesia continue to search for survivors after a flash flood in the country's central Java region killed at least 19 people.
Heavy rain in Pekalongan it caused a flood Tuesday on the main road that connects the city to the tourist center, Dieng Hill.
Television footage showed the affected road with buried houses and rice paddies covered in mud, debris and rocks.
Rescuers were forced to walk about four kilometers (2.5 miles) to reach the site because the road was impassable. Excavations had been set up to remove the mud when heavy rain and fog hampered the rescue operation.
“A joint search and rescue team managed to find and remove two bodies… Wednesday morning. The number of people who died this afternoon is 19 people,” said Abdul Muhari, spokesman for the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB).
“The two bodies found this morning were among those who went missing in the attack.”
The search and rescue agency Basarnas said on Wednesday that 13 people were also injured.
Heavy machinery has been deployed to block access to the roads for search teams and about 200 rescuers have been dispatched to assist in the rescue operation, government official Mohammad Yulian Akbar said.
“The aim is to find the victims,” he said, adding that the local government has declared a two-week state of emergency.
Pictures shared by the disaster management agency showed rescuers carrying victims in bamboo stomach bags under heavy fog from the scene.
The agency has warned the people that rain is expected in the next few days which could lead to flash floods and landslides.
Indonesia tends to fall under the rainy season, mainly between November and April, but some disasters caused by bad weather have happened outside of that season in recent years.
In December, 10 people were killed flood which hit the mountain villages on the main island of Java.