THE NEWS: Indians have grown increasingly desperate waiting for the long-delayed deluge of this year’s monsoon, the annual rains that replenish India’s rivers and quench crops to keep this vast nation of 1.2 billion fed.
THE NUMBERS: Rains are at least 22 percent below normal so far, several states face drought and farmers fear grave losses. Some analysts put the rain deficit at 31 percent.
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