(ETH) – If you could imagine an even worse scenario in Africa with the current locusts plague, A new report is saying that millions of baby locusts have started hatching in Kenya, sparking fears that new swarms could soon wreak even greater havoc across an already devastated east Africa. The damage that has been left behind from the locusts has decimated food supplies across Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia after billions of these insects laid to ruin the region in what has been described as the worst plague in decades!
The latest update is indicating that the swarms have now reached China and Saudi Arabia furthering the stretch of destruction. Yoana Kimwele, from Kenya, shared a video in Maseki Village in Kitui County, saying: “Desert locust nymphs have begun to hatch out” “According to this rare footage, our worst fears may be confirmed soon despite the government commitment to fight these desert locusts.”
According to a report from the Daily Star, The UN-predicted last month that the locust eggs would hatch sometime this month after the locusts were seen laying eggs in January and would then form new swarms in early April. The UN is warning that this “second hatch” could potentially threaten the food security of 25 million people across east Africa!
