Jakarta – Indonesia's disaster-management agency said on Saturday at least 11 people were confirmed dead with more than 100 still missing following a landslide in Banjarnegara, Central Java.

The landslide happened in Sampang village, Karangkobar sub-district of Banjarnegara on Friday afternoon at around 6 p.m. following heavy rain.

Some 105 houses were buried when the hillside was dislodged. A search and rescue operation was being conducted by a team led by the disaster-management agency, known as the BNPB, the provincial mitigation agency (BPBD), officers from the National Police, local search and rescue agency volunteers and the Indonesian Red Cross Society.

Several hundred people from the surrounding area have been evacuated to temporary shleters.

"We're still looking for 100 missing residents," BNPB spokesperson Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said on Saturday.

President Joko Widodo has appointed the Banjarnegara district chief as the official in charge of the operation. "We will keep on updating you with the latest data," Sutopo said.

Landslides are common during the rainy season in Indonesia. A landslide in Sijeruk in 2006 claimed more than 100 lives.

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