An outbreak of billions of locusts is currently invading East Africa, devouring everything on its path.
While the Desert Locust swarms are growing exponentially, the region, already suffering from extreme hunger, simply cannot afford another major shock.
Plagues are non-stop in Africa right now. Lassa fever spreads across Nigeria. Many see Africa as a hub for the Chinese economy and thus it is feared that the Wuhan coronavirus is spreading like fire on the continent. Finally, there is this biblical plague of locusts, swarming and devouring everything on their path.
As already exposed in my article, the apocalyptic horde of desert locusts has been destroying crops in Somalia and Ethiopia (worst outbreak in 25 years), before wreaking havoc in Kenya (worst plague in 70 years).
Now the massive tornadoes of insects are spreading further across the region, and have already entered Uganda.
Scientists are expecting they will move across the border into the southeast corner of South Sudan any day, where people struggles to emerge from civil war.
Food insecurity and wars across the region
Now, when you know that a single swarm can contain up to 150 million locusts per square kilometer of farmland, an area the size of almost 250 football fields, everything becomes even more nightmarish.
A medium-size swarm of the voracious insects can eat the same amount of food as the entire population of Kenya or as everybody in the tri-state area (New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York). So not taking action in time — you can see the consequences.
Food insecurity already threatens 13 million people in the region — 10 million in places affected by locusts — and another 20 million people in the region are in danger of going hungry.
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.
“This biblical invasion has the potential to become 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.
Meanwhile, planes dumping pesticides from the air is considered the only effective control. The U.N. will begin testing drones equipped with mapping sensors and atomizers to spray pesticides.
This plague of locust is already a catastrophe, but could easily turn into a full-blown and unprecedented humanitarian and societal crisis for Africa up to the Middle East in the next few months. Urgent efforts must be made to protect the livelihoods of farmers and livestock holders. Otherwise, there will be blood! More locust plague news on Strange Sounds or Steve Quayle. [FoxNews, Independent]
Locust attack: ‘This is very, very rare’
Changing wind patterns in India-Pakistan and frequent cyclones in the Indian Ocean due to climate change are creating suitable breeding conditions for locusts, says Keith Cressman, senior locust forecasting officer with the Food and Agriculture Organization
Well if it was China for sure they would eaten them due food shortages?
In North American, Americans Will Have To Make Some Tough Choices On How They’ll Go About Surviving When Basic Necessities Become Nearly Unaffordable. Eat ants, and bugs snakes since COVID19 is from snakes what would you do?
Why don’t they eat the locusts? It seems like the obvious thing to do. Suddenly you have an abundance of high quality insect protein… duh
Introduce insect eating Bats to African locusts. That should do it.
Part of my predictions for Global UN Martial Law . Food shortages with Corona Virus n2019 has new name COVID19 and as we do not need it.
The movie HUNT is going to be shown Universal WILL release controversial movie The Hunt about ‘liberal elites’ hunting ‘deplorables’ from red states six months after it was shelved and Donald Trump branded it ‘racist’
Controversial movie The Hunt will be released March 13, six months after its original September release date, NBC Universal announced Tuesday
The film was shelved in August after a backlash in the wake of mass shootings and Trump slamming the film’s creators as ‘racist’
Universal have a released a new ad poster proclaiming: ‘The most talked about movie of the year is one that no one’s actually seen’
There were widespread objections to the movie’s plot last year, particularly in light of the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton that left 31 dead
President Trump had blasted the film, saying it was ‘made to cause chaos’
The violent, gun-toting film revolves around a group people from predominately Republican states being kidnapped and hunted for sport by privileged liberals
Producer Jason Blum and screenwriter Damon Lindelof defended the film as satire insisted the movie does not show political allegiance
This is what American do not need civil war musics are keep reading for Americans. This movie needs to be banned? What do you think