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SRINAGAR, India — A top police official said at least 50 people have been killed after a sudden downpour and flash floods hit a major town in Indian Kashmir’s remote and mountainous Ladakh region.

Kuldeep Khoda, the state police chief, said a massive rescue operation is underway in Leh, the main town.

In Srinagar, army spokesman Lt. Col. J.S. Brar said the flooding injured scores of people and has damaged telephone towers and the region’s airport.

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