The disaster hit Tlitir village in the district of Purwerejo following heavy rain the previous day, said a policeman, Subardi.

Rescue workers were searching for the 10 people still feared buried in the mud, he said.

The rainy season in Indonesia often brings floods and landslides. A landslide which swept through a small village in West Java earlier this month killed a mother and her three young children.

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