locust pandemic

After devastating crops in East Africa and the Middle East, grasshopper clouds continued to move to many areas, forcing many aircraft to change direction.

The largest grasshoppers in 25 years raging in East Africa, are a major threat to food security, especially in communities that have suffered from drought, war and famine.

The sky was dark because of the arrival of grasshoppers from Egypt and the Israeli army was trying to block them to protect the fields in the south.