A remote village in Indonesia has been destroyed in a landslide which has left 18 people dead and scores more missing.
Rescuers searched through mud with their bare hands to try and find the lost villagers until light faded.
Around 105 houses in Jemblung village were swept away late on Friday when a flood of orange colour mud and water cascaded down a wooded mountainside, according to Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, a spokesman for the National Disaster Mitigation Agency.
Hundreds of people have been evacuated from around the village in the Banjarnegara regency of central Java, about 280 miles (450 km) from the capital, Jakarta.
Large swathes of forest land, power lines and houses were buried in the disaster which struck on Friday night.
"There was a roaring sound like thunder," Imam, who lives in a neighbouring village, told television crews.
"Then I saw trees were flying and then the landslides. People here also panicked and fled."
Wahono, a resident who survived along with his four family members, said: "It was like a nightmare ... We suddenly heard a terrible roar and we were immediately fleeing from the rain of red soil.
"Many failed and they were buried in the ground," added Wahono, who uses one name like many Indonesians.
A second resident said there had been no warnings of the likelihood of a landslide.
Mr Nugroho said 18 people had been killed, 15 rescued, 91 were missing and 423 people from the surrounding areas had been taken to temporary shelters.
Eleven of the 15 rescued were receiving hospital treatment, he said.
"Jemblung village was the most affected," Mr Nugroho said.
"The challenge is that the evacuation route is also damaged by the landslide."
A government agency official added the rescue effort had been suspended as light faded and would resume on Sunday.
Local reports said five of the dead were found in one car.
Rescuers were pictured using bamboo stretchers to carry bodies away.
A rescue team of about 400 people, which included police, military and local volunteers, used their bare hands and makeshift tools to search for people and clear the area.
Tractors and bulldozers were later brought in to help.
A lack of a telephone signal and heavy-lifting equipment has hampered the rescue effort along with crowds of onlookers, Mr Nugroho added.
Jemblung had a history of similar disasters, he added.
Mudslides are common in Indonesia during the monsoon season, which usually runs from October until April.
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