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Starting to look a little crazy over there, and a lot of this region has terrorists patrolling it so it's dangerous to do much about it. It's possible some locusts could invade Italy, and if that is true, they could spread in to Europe.
Africa locust invasion spreading, may become ‘most devastating plague’ in living memory, UN warns
As an outbreak of billions of locusts continues to swarm parts of East Africa and devour its vital farmland, the United Nations warned Monday that the region, already suffering from extreme hunger, “simply cannot afford another major shock."
The horde of desert locusts has been destroying crops in Kenya in the worst infestation to hit the nation in 70 years. The insects invaded Kenya last month from neighboring Somalia and Ethiopia, which haven’t seen an outbreak on this level in a quarter-century.
U.N. officials warn immediate action is needed before more rainfall in the weeks ahead brings fresh vegetation to feed new generations of locusts. If left unchecked, they say their numbers could grow up to 500 times before drier weather arrives.
'BIBLICAL' SWARM OF LOCUSTS PLAGUE ITALIAN FARMLANDS IN WORST INFESTATION SINCE WWII
Across the region, it has the potential “to be the most devastating plague of locusts in any of our living memories if we don't reduce the problem faster than we're doing at the moment,” U.N. humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock said.
AFRICA LOCUST PLAGUE WORST INFESTATION IN DECADES: 'EVEN COWS ARE WONDERING WHAT IS HAPPENING'
Now the “waves and waves of swarms” are spreading further across the region, said Keith Cressman, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organizations (FAO) senior locust forecasting officer.
Africa locust invasion spreading, may become ‘most devastating plague’ in living memory, UN warns
As an outbreak of billions of locusts continues to swarm parts of East Africa and devour its vital farmland, the United Nations warned Monday that the region, already suffering from extreme hunger, “simply cannot afford another major shock."
The horde of desert locusts has been destroying crops in Kenya in the worst infestation to hit the nation in 70 years. The insects invaded Kenya last month from neighboring Somalia and Ethiopia, which haven’t seen an outbreak on this level in a quarter-century.
U.N. officials warn immediate action is needed before more rainfall in the weeks ahead brings fresh vegetation to feed new generations of locusts. If left unchecked, they say their numbers could grow up to 500 times before drier weather arrives.
'BIBLICAL' SWARM OF LOCUSTS PLAGUE ITALIAN FARMLANDS IN WORST INFESTATION SINCE WWII
Across the region, it has the potential “to be the most devastating plague of locusts in any of our living memories if we don't reduce the problem faster than we're doing at the moment,” U.N. humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock said.
AFRICA LOCUST PLAGUE WORST INFESTATION IN DECADES: 'EVEN COWS ARE WONDERING WHAT IS HAPPENING'
Now the “waves and waves of swarms” are spreading further across the region, said Keith Cressman, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organizations (FAO) senior locust forecasting officer.
