The Himalayan states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand will very likely continue to be battered with heavy to very heavy rainfall with extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places on Thursday too, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

Heavy to very heavy rainfall with extremely heavy falls at isolated places is very likely over Gangetic West Bengal, and heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places over Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Odisha, the IMD release late on Wednesday evening said.