Doomsday Locust Plague, They are Back..!

When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people (2 Chronicles 7:13)

Farmers brace for locust invasion in Egypt’s Nile Delta

Recent weeks have seen increasing reports of a “plague of locusts,” which some experts say could hit Egypt’s Nile Delta within days.

Since January, swarms of the insects – originating from Sudan – have been spotted along the Red Sea coast, in south-eastern Egypt, north-eastern Sudan, Eritrea and Saudi Arabia.

On 17 February, the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) reported that more locust swarms were expected in south-eastern Egypt and north-eastern Sudan.

On Monday, swarms were reported to have reached Egypt’s Red Sea city of Zafarana, some 200 kilometres from Cairo, en route to Saudi Arabia. On Tuesday, an emergency alert was issued in the Upper Egyptian city of Qena after locusts appeared in at least three major villages.