Africa Now Bracing For A Second Wave Of Locusts Said To Be 20 Times Worse

The desert locusts, some in swarms the size of Moscow, have already chomped their way through much of East Africa, including Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya (pictured), Djibouti, Eritrea, Tanzania, Sudan, South Sudan and Uganda

Daily Mail/AFP: Huge swarms of locusts rip through 500,000 acres of crops in Ethiopia leaving a million facing food crisis as Africa braces for another destructive plague

* A United Nations report found millions of citizens in need of emergency food aid
* Africa is braced for a second wave which could be 20 times more than the first
* Breeding has been spurred by one of the wettest rainy seasons in the region

Billions of locusts have laid waste to 500,000 acres of Ethiopian cropland and unleashed a food crisis.

A United Nations report found that the devastation caused by the swarms have left millions of citizens in need of emergency food aid.

The findings from the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, which recently concluded a joint assessment with the Ethiopian government, come as the region is bracing for new swarms that could be even more destructive.

This second wave of pests to spawn in Africa could to be 20 times larger than the first - which was already the worst in 70 years in some nations.

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WNU Editor: Talk about a "perfect storm". A pandemic that is starting to spread throughout Africa followed by a second massive invasion of locusts .... Second wave of locusts in east Africa said to be 20 times worse (The Guardian).