IMD issued rainfall warning for 18 states/UTs over five days. Rainfall is likely over Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Himachal Pradesh on March 23 and 24, and over Uttarakhand on March 24. States/UTs which may witness rainfall over five days are Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Puducherry, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, West Bengal and Sikkim.

