The death toll from a burst dam in a Jakarta suburb rose to 93 on Sunday as hundreds of rescue workers continued to search for more than 100 people still missing, an official said.

Hundreds of buildings collapsed when a wall of water broke through the man-made earthen dam early Friday as residents slept in their beds.

"We recorded until this morning that a total of 93 bodies had been found," search and rescue coordinator Suyatno told AFP.

He said that about 700 rescue workers, police and military personnel joined forces Sunday in a third day searching for 102 people still listed as missing.

"We will extend today the location of the search for the missing people," he said.

The 10-metre-high (33-foot) Situ Gintung dam was built in 1933 when Indonesia was under Dutch colonial rule. Authorities blamed the disaster on high water pressure following an intense downpour.

But local residents and environmentalists said that the dam had burst because it had not been properly maintained.

Floods and landslides are common in Indonesia during the wet season, which falls around the northern hemisphere's summer.