While the state’s Vidarbha region is accustomed to weather extremes, the current heatwave has crossed the line from intense discomfort into danger. In Akola, the mercury has surged to a searing 46.9°C - the highest recorded in the country - while Amravati, Wardha and Yavatmal districts have hovered perilously close behind. Nagpur, the region’s largest city, has been left sweltering above 45°C. This is a glimpse of a harsher normal. Meteorologists point to an anticyclonic circ