Indonesian rescue teams have been searching for victims of a series of landslides that killed at least 15 people on New Year's Day, after a year of natural disasters that killed thousands.

The death toll could rise into the thousands as initial reports are emerging from densely-populated areas, in particular Donggala, a region of 300,000 people north of Palu and closer to the epicenter.

At least 13 people have been killed and eight are still missing after a ferry caught fire and sank in central Indonesia.

Rescuers pull out 39 survivors and three dead bodies from a boat that sank in central Indonesia.

A ship with more than 100 passengers is cast adrift off the coast of Indonesia's Sulawesi.