Indonesia landslide, many missing in Java

At least eight people have died and more than 100 are missing after a landslide on Indonesia's main island of Java, the BBC reported Saturday.
Heavy rain caused the landslide near Jemblung village in central Java.
Disaster agency officials said rescue teams had taken almost 40 people to hospital, of whom four were in critical condition.
Hundreds of rescuers, including police and soldiers, have been trying to find survivors.
The country's national disaster agency said hundreds of houses had been destroyed by the landslide.
"Conditions on the ground are pretty tough and we need heavy machines to clear the road that has been covered by the landslide," agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said.
Flash floods and landslides are common in Indonesia, triggered by seasonal downpours.
Many of the inhabitants of the chain of 17,000 islands live in mountainous areas or near fertile flood plains.