(MENAFN) More than 20 people died and five others are still missing because of landslides and floods hitting Indonesia's East Java province.

The floods and landslides were caused by a cyclone from the Indian Ocean which also swept other provinces.

As the natural disasters in Pacitan district of East Java province destroyed 1,709 houses, the number of locals who needed to evacuate their homes has increased to 2,050 on Saturday from 1,879 a day before.


A spokesman of the national disaster management agency said: "Search for the victims is going on and evacuation has been carried out, involving personnel from disaster agency and search and recuse offices as well as soldiers, policemen and volunteers."

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