Two bodies were found on the first day of the disaster and 13 on the second day, Lt Col M Hasan, commander of the 061 military resort/Suryakencana, said here, Wednesday.
"Two people are still missing, and hopefully today we can find them," he said.
The rescue operations on Tuesday were hampered by rains and difficult terrain, he remarked.
The landslide affected 101 people. Of the total, 63 survived, three were injured, 15 dead and 20 missing.
A joint rescue and search (SAR) team comprising police, military and local officers, as well as volunteers, has worked hard to look for the missing people and to evacuate other victims.
The Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) has deployed 350 officers for the rescue operations.
Meanwhile, during the January-December 2018 period, a total of 2,427 natural disasters hit Indonesia, leaving 4,821 people dead or missing, according to the National Disaster Mitigation Board (BNPB).
The natural disasters also led to injuries to at least 8,400 people, displaced nearly 10 million others, and damaged some 400 thousand houses this year.
BNPB Chief Willem Rampangilei stated on December 29, 2018, that 2,350, or 96.9 percent of the natural disasters, were hydrometeorological disasters and 76, or 3.1 percent, were geological disasters.
"Predominantly, natural disasters, such as floods, landslides, and whirlwinds, occurred in 2018," he pointed out.
Reporting by Aditia AR, Fardah A.
Reporter: Antara
Editor: Sri Haryati
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