SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Flash floods caused by torrential rains in a remote village in India-controlled Kashmir have left at least 56 people dead and scores missing, authorities said Thursday, as rescue teams scouring the devastated Himalayan village brought at least 300 people to safety.

At least 60 people were killed, more than 100 injured and another 200 still missing, Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah told reporters on Friday. The Himalayas are prone to floods and landslides, but some scientists say the intensity and frequency of these events are increasing due to climate change.

At least four people are dead and many are injured after a cloudburst triggered massive flooding in a remote village located in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, a senior minister said Sunday. The cloudburst struck the Janglote area of Kathua district during the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday.

Authorities are searching for missing people in a remote village in India-controlled Kashmir after flash floods caused by torrential rains. Teams of disaster management officials, police and

Hundreds more were missing, many of them Hindu pilgrims, after a cloudburst triggered flooding in mountainous terrain.

The officials said the cloudburst hit Jod Ghati in Rajbagh area of the district during the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday, snapping access to the village and causing some damage to land and property.

Abdullah said that in the next eight weeks, he and his team will go door-to-door to collect signatures in support of restoring statehood.