Hyderabad, April 27 --  Telangana on Monday, April 27, sweltered through its most intense day of the season so far, with 12 towns recording maximum temperatures above 45 degrees Celsius as a peak heatwave gripped the state and Nizamabad became the first place to touch 46 degrees this year.

The scorching conditions were most acute across north and central Telangana, where the mercury climbed to punishing levels. Nizamabad led at 46 degrees Celsius, followed by Adilabad, Nirmal and Peddapalli at 45.9 degrees Celsius each. 

Jagtial, Kamareddy, Kumram Bheem Asifabad and Mancherial recorded 45.8 degrees Celsius, while Karimnagar and Nalgonda logged 45.6 degrees. Sircilla came in at 45.2 degrees and Siddipet at 45 degrees, according...