Indonesian rescuers have recovered 10 bodies that were swept away in flash floods that hit hilly villages on the country's main island of Java, officials said, adding that two people were still missing.

Torrential rains since last week caused rivers to burst their banks, tearing through more than 170 villages in the Sukabumi district of West Java province, as mud, rocks and trees tumbled down mountainside hamlets, Lieutenant Colonel Yudi Hariyanto, who heads a rescue command post in Sukabumi, said on Monday.

Landslides, flash floods and strong winds devastated 172 villages and forced more than 3,000 people to flee to temporary government shelters, Hariyanto said. Authorities have warned nearly 1,000 people to evacuate as more than 400 houses are threatened by extreme weather.

The disasters also destroyed 31 bridges, 81 roads and 539 hectares (1,332 acres) of rice fields, while 1,170 houses were flooded up to the roof.

Extreme weather has also damaged more than 3,300 other houses and buildings, the local disaster management agency said.

On Monday, rescue workers pulled out 10 bodies in the worst-hit villages of Tegalbuleud, Simpenan and Ciemas, including three children, and rescuers are searching for two villagers who are reportedly still missing, Hariyanto said.

Yesterday was truly a freaky day for weather in Dubrovnik, from a hail storm to torrential rain and even a waterspout over the Adriatic. Today is very much the calm after the storm with blue skies and plenty of sunshine. The forecast for the next seven days looks like being much more settled, apart from Saturday when rain is predicted, with temperatures rising to between 15 and 16 degrees.

Check out this video that a reader sent us of the huge waterspout over the Adriatic near Dubrovnik.