Africa threatened with severe food crisis as locust 'mega-swarms' devour crops

Africa threatened with severe food crisis as locust 'mega-swarms' devour crops

 

TheTelegraph: The locusts are coming thick and fast as the low-flying aircraft punches through the swarm, leaving khaki-coloured streaks smeared across the plane’s windscreen and obstructing the view outside. 

But the pilot - despite travelling at 100 miles per hour - is unfazed. He simply winds down the window of the unpressurised cockpit, reaches his arm outside and wipes away what’s left of the insects with a damp cloth.

 

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