Bodies of 3-year-old girl and her mother recovered after Indonesia landslides that killed 20

Indonesian officials said a search and rescue team had found 18 people killed by landslides on Sulawesi island and are still looking for two missing. 14 bodies were found by rescuers on Sunday afternoon in Makale village and four in South Makale.

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Rescuers find last 2 bodies in Indonesia’s Sulawesi island landslide which killed 20

A search and rescue team found 20 people killed by landslides on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, as the search operation was officially closed. Rescuers found the last two bodies in South Makale village on Monday afternoon, according to the chief of Makassar Search and Rescue.

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Landslides hit Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing at least 18 people

Indonesian officials said a search and rescue team had found 18 people killed by landslides on Sulawesi island and are still looking for two missing. 14 bodies were found by rescuers on Sunday afternoon in Makale village and four in South Makale.

In this photo released by the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS), rescuers search for survivors at a village hit by a landslide in Tana Toraja district of South Sulawesi province, Indonesia, Monday, April 15, 2024. A search and rescue team found multiple people killed by landslides on Indonesia's Sulawesi island and are still looking for a few missing, officials said Monday. (National Search and Rescue Agency via AP)
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In this photo released by the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS), rescuers search for survivors at a village hit by a landslide in Tana Toraja district of South Sulawesi province, Indonesia, Monday, April 15, 2024. A search and rescue team found multiple people killed by landslides on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island and are still looking for a few missing, officials said Monday. (National Search and Rescue Agency via AP)

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In this photo released by the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS), rescuers search for survivors at a village hit by a landslide in Tana Toraja district of South Sulawesi province, Indonesia, Monday, April 15, 2024. A search and rescue team found multiple people killed by landslides on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island and are still looking for a few missing, officials said Monday. (National Search and Rescue Agency via AP)

In this photo released by Tana Toraja Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD Tana Toraja), rescuers search for victims of a landslide in Tana Toraja, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, Monday, April 15, 2024. Loosened by torrential rain, mud poured from surrounding hills onto houses just before midnight on Saturday killing a number of people, officials said. (BPBD Tana Toraja via AP)
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In this photo released by Tana Toraja Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD Tana Toraja), rescuers search for victims of a landslide in Tana Toraja, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, Monday, April 15, 2024. Loosened by torrential rain, mud poured from surrounding hills onto houses just before midnight on Saturday killing a number of people, officials said. (BPBD Tana Toraja via AP)

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In this photo released by Tana Toraja Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD Tana Toraja), rescuers search for victims of a landslide in Tana Toraja, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, Monday, April 15, 2024. Loosened by torrential rain, mud poured from surrounding hills onto houses just before midnight on Saturday killing a number of people, officials said. (BPBD Tana Toraja via AP)

In this photo released by the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS), rescuers search for survivors at a village hit by a landslide in Tana Toraja district of South Sulawesi province, Indonesia, Sunday, April 14, 2024. A search and rescue team found multiple people killed by landslides on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island and are still looking for a few missing, officials said Monday. (National Search and Rescue Agency via AP)
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In this photo released by the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS), rescuers search for survivors at a village hit by a landslide in Tana Toraja district of South Sulawesi province, Indonesia, Sunday, April 14, 2024. A search and rescue team found multiple people killed by landslides on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island and are still looking for a few missing, officials said Monday. (National Search and Rescue Agency via AP)

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In this photo released by the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS), rescuers search for survivors at a village hit by a landslide in Tana Toraja district of South Sulawesi province, Indonesia, Sunday, April 14, 2024. A search and rescue team found multiple people killed by landslides on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island and are still looking for a few missing, officials said Monday. (National Search and Rescue Agency via AP)

In this photo released by the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS), rescuers search for survivors at a village hit by a landslide in Tana Toraja district of South Sulawesi province, Indonesia, Monday, April 15, 2024. A search and rescue team found multiple people killed by landslides on Indonesia's Sulawesi island and are still looking for a few missing, officials said Monday. (National Search and Rescue Agency via AP)
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In this photo released by the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS), rescuers search for survivors at a village hit by a landslide in Tana Toraja district of South Sulawesi province, Indonesia, Monday, April 15, 2024. A search and rescue team found multiple people killed by landslides on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island and are still looking for a few missing, officials said Monday. (National Search and Rescue Agency via AP)

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In this photo released by the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS), rescuers search for survivors at a village hit by a landslide in Tana Toraja district of South Sulawesi province, Indonesia, Monday, April 15, 2024. A search and rescue team found multiple people killed by landslides on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island and are still looking for a few missing, officials said Monday. (National Search and Rescue Agency via AP)

TANA TORAJA, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers recovered the bodies of a 3-year-old girl and her mother who were the last victims still missing after landslides on Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island that killed 20 people, authorities said Tuesday.

Both of them were found close to each other, local rescue chief Mexianus Bekabel said.

Mud loosened by torrential rain poured from surrounding hills onto four houses Saturday at South Makale village in the Tana Toraja district of South Sulawesi province, said local police chief Gunardi Mundu. He said a family gathering was being held in one of the houses when the landslide hit.

Fog and rain had hampered the search for the victims.

Dozens of soldiers, police and volunteers had joined the search in the remote hillside villages of Makale and South Makale, Mundu said. Rescuers early Sunday managed to pull out two injured people, including an 8-year-old girl, and rushed them to a hospital.

Tana Toraja has many popular tourist attractions, including traditional houses and wooden statues of bodies buried in caves, known as tau-tau.

Seasonal downpours cause frequent landslides and floods in Indonesia, a chain of 17,000 islands where millions of people live in mountainous areas or fertile flood plains.