Indian rescuers pulled bodies from mud and rubble Friday after the latest deadly flood to crash through a Himalayan village killed at least 60 people and washed away dozens more.

Torrents of water and mud driven by intense rain tore through Chisoti village in Kashmir on Thursday, leaving dozens missing.

It is the second major deadly flooding disaster in India this month.

Officials said a large makeshift kitchen in Chisoti, where more than 100 people were, was completely washed away by what Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah reported was a sudden "cloudburst" rain storm.

Arun Shah, 35, was with his family when the flood struck. "It was horrifying", he said speaking by telephone from a hospital in Kishtwar district, where Chisoti is located.

"Boulders and a rush of water came down from the mountain. We all got separated while trying to save ourselves," he said.

"We heard a huge sound and it was followed by a flash flood and slush. People were shouting, and some of them fell in the Chenab River. Others were buried under the debris," said Rakesh Sharma, a toursit who was injured.

Bags, clothes and other belongings, caked in mud, lay scattered amid broken electric poles and mud on Friday, as rescue workers used ropes and crossed makeshift bridges in an attempt to extricate people from the debris.

Kishtwar district hospital head Yudhvir Kotwal said more than 100 people were brought in after the disaster.

"Most of the injured had head injuries, fractured bones and ribs," Kotwal said, adding that "dead bodies are still being retrieved from under the mud and rubble".

Heavy earthmovers were brought to the disaster area to dig through deep mud.

The army's White Knight Corps said its troops, "braving the harsh weather and rugged terrain, are engaged in evacuation of injured".

Emergency supplies including ropes and digging tools were being brought to the disaster site, with the army supporting other rescue teams.

Mohammad Irshad, a top disaster management official, said Friday "60 people are recorded dead", with 80 people unaccounted for.

Floods and landslides are common during the June-September monsoon season, but experts say climate change, coupled with poorly planned development, is increasing their frequency, severity and impact.

Floods on August 5 overwhelmed the Himalayan town of Dharali in India's Uttarakhand state and buried it in mud. The likely death toll from that disaster is more than 70 but has not been confirmed.

The UN's World Meteorological Organization said last year that increasingly intense floods and droughts are a "distress signal" of what is to come as climate change makes the planet's water cycle ever more unpredictable.

Roads had already been damaged by days of heavy storms in Kishtwar district. The area lies more than 200kms by road from the region's main city Srinagar.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the spate of disasters in his Independence Day speech in New Delhi Friday.

"In the past few days, we have been facing natural disasters, landslides, cloudbursts, and many other calamities," he said.

"Our sympathies are with the affected people. State governments and the central government are working together with full strength."