Mumbai: As Maharashtra reels under a drought across 265 of its 358 talukas, an analysis of 70-year weather records by India Meteorological Department (IMD), Pune, scientists revealed a deep climate divide: while Marathwada and West Vidarbha have shifted into a hotter, drier climate zone, the wettest climate zone has expanded along the coastal Konkan. The study findings suggest that the state’s agricultural heartland is facing a double whammy - a drastically changing climate