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After the flash floods and landslides in Indonesia and East Timor, the death toll has risen to at least 87.
According to the civil protection agency, at least 66 people were killed in Indonesia on Monday.
According to the authorities, 21 deaths have been recorded in East Timor so far, most of them in the capital Dili.
Dozens of people were still missing.
Mud and persistent bad weather hampered the rescue work.
Heavy rains had triggered the flash floods and landslides.
On the Indonesian island of Flores, small towns literally sank into the mud, trees were uprooted and houses were flooded.
On the island of Lembata, entire parts of villages were torn down a mountain slope by mudslides.
Thousands of people fled to emergency shelters.
Indonesia, Dili: people wade through the floods after heavy rains
Source: dpa / Kandhi Barnez
Soldiers and police help local residents across a flooded street
Source: dpa / Uncredited
Indonesian President Joko Widodo expressed his "deepest condolences" to those affected in a nationwide address.
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The Southeast Asian archipelagos are repeatedly plagued by devastating landslides and flash floods during the rainy season.
As recently as January, 40 people died in flash floods in the Indonesian city of Sumedang on the island of Java.
According to the civil protection agency, around 125 million Indonesians live in landslide-prone areas.
This corresponds to almost half of the island nation's population.