The worst locust outbreak in 70 years has hit East Africa, devastating countries like Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya that are already facing a double emergency of food shortage and COVID-19. The IRC is there, but a new generation of locusts are hatching and, without immediate action, 5 million people risk hunger and famine. Here’s an urgent call for support by our president David Miliband – follow the link to learn more about the crisis: https://www.rescue-uk.org/article/other-plague-locusts-are-de

Locust Plague Devours 40,000 Tonnes of Vegetation When crops are plentiful, locusts have a unique hunting technique: they create a plague-like swarm up to a kilometre long, destroying all the vegetation in their path. #EarthsTropicalIslands | BBC Earth

619K views · 5.8K reactions | Locust swarms can travel up to 150km a...