Shimla, July 17 -- The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has once again issued a rain warning for Himachal Pradesh, with moderate to heavy rainfall expected to continue in many parts of the state over the next several days.

Sandeep Kumar Sharma, Senior Scientist at the Meteorological Centre in Shimla, said that with a halt on July 19, the rainfall is expected to continue till July 23 in the state.

"In the past 24 hours, districts like Sirmaur, Kangra, and Mandi witnessed moderate to heavy rainfall. If we look at the data, Nahan in Sirmaur district recorded 57 mm of rain." He added that light rainfall was reported at isolated places in Kinnaur, Lahaul-Spiti, Solan, and Bilaspur districts.

The weather department predicts light to mod...