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insect called the largest in a quarter century.

at least 23 countries in Asia and Africa are suffering from an unprecedented invasion of locusts.

on Monday a giant swarms of insects invaded Indian Jaipur. Local experts say that this is the biggest attack of locusts in Western and Central India in 27 years.

Farmers use insecticides to try to save at least part of the crop. According to local authorities, about 50 thousand hectares of land have been destroyed. In India the locust arrived from Pakistan. Affected and neighboring Iran.

Fascinating – and scary predictions of future locust spread from centres in East Africa, Yemen and Southwest Asiahttps://t.co/EuC2iaPOU1 pic.twitter.com/rDW18cDOwd

From the locusts suffered and Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda and other African countries. Here has imposed severe restrictions in connection with COVID-19. Farmers remain in isolation, and to deal with the locusts on the fields no one.

the insect was the largest in 25 years. In the future it threatens food security of the region: loss of crop can lead to starvation.

Billions of desert locusts are swarming East Africa, threatening the food supply of tens of millions. And #ClimateChange increases the likelihood of future locust outbreaks. pic.twitter.com/bBLxZtPvLq

According to experts, the unprecedented breeding of locusts in the summer of 2020 threatens and Central Asia. The UN has promised aid to Kyrgyzstan in the Republic of expected mass reproduction of locusts in the area more than 120 thousand hectares.

LOCUST SWARMS ATTACK in India….
Another emerging threat to the already existing food famine in the nation….#LocustAttack
2020 what’s more to see ??? pic.twitter.com/lrDBmRghoB

Reached Jaipur at 4 AM. Authorities were already fight off the #locust. It’s insane how such tiny things -a microscopic virus, a tiny tidda, can become uncontrollable threats. These are the thousands of tiny faces of #ClimateCrisis. More soon, after I wash this insecticide off. pic.twitter.com/hEFmrEVPqb

Anna Lysenko

Even more interesting about the nature