A Triple Disaster Rocks India: Coronavirus, Scorching Heat And Locusts

NEW DELHI (AP) — As if the coronavirus wasn’t enough, India grappled with scorching temperatures and the worst locust invasion in decades as authorities prepared for the end of a monthslong lockdown despite recording thousands of new infections every day.


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A truly Trumpian set of circumstances…

Quadruple disaster: the inhabitants of India, in their ancient Eastern wisdom, elected Narendra Modi.

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Still nothing compares to the travails of the American people in this our modern Current Occupant-led nadir.

India’s terrible problems are being caused by over-population, bad agricultural practices and global warming, but they are just a prelude to the ones that humans will encounter in the next few decades.

That’s a quintuple disaster:

Dumpster just volunteered to mediate between China and India in their ratcheting tension-filled border confrontation.

God help us all.