Torrential rains have unleashed flash floods and triggered landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra island that have killed at least 23 people.

Rescue workers are digging through tons of mud and rubble as they searched for 34 missing people after two separate landslides in two different regions on Indonesia’s main island of Java that killed at least 18 people.

Indonesian rescue authorities have made the tough decision to start using heavy machinery to move large sections of a school that collapsed earlier this week, with no more signs of life from beneath the rubble.

Indonesian rescuers have recovered the bodies of at least 15 people while authorities say 10 people are missing after flash floods struck two provinces of the archipelago nation.

Residents are wearing masks to protect themselves from thick volcanic ash that is blanketing several Indonesian villages as rumbling Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki erupted for a second straight day.

Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki has erupted with giant ash and smoke plumes again after forcing evacuations of villages and flight cancelations, including to and from the resort island of Bali.

Indonesian rescuers have retrieved four more bodies as they resumed their search for people missing after floods and landslides on Indonesia’s main island of Java, bringing the death toll to 21.

Indonesian rescuers have recovered the bodies of at least 17 people who 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 say 14 people are dead after a flood and landslide hit Indonesia’s Sulawesi island.

Indonesia has lifted a tsunami alert following a magnitude 7.3 undersea earthquake that struck off Flores Island, triggering panic in a region prone to fatal quakes.