'Most devastating plague of locusts' in recent history could come within weeks, U.N. warns
Climate change and al-Shabab extremists contributed to circumstances that could produce crippling swarms of locusts in Somalia and East Africa.
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Locust plague: Millions at risk of famine
The threat of a billion locusts sweeping across East Africa and South Asia feeding on farms and fields prompts urgent warnings.
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Worst locust outbreak in decades ravages East Africa
The United Nations is requesting $76 million to combat the swarms of locusts, which threaten the food supply for millions of people.
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So people started noticing unusually large Desert Locust populations back in June but it wasn't until about January the alarm bells started to be rang when their numbers passed a billion and kept growing. In one part of Kenya recently there was a swarm estimated at 200 billion locust. Also not surprisingly bad news for the people of East Africa as farmers have reported up to 90 percent of their crops being eaten. This in a region that was already having food security issues. So now millions people are at risk of suffering through a famine. Also these locusts hordes also may spread as far east as India.
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