It seems this is the second swarm of locusts to attack east Africa and if this reepaeats will move eastward as far as china
Supposedly there is a 3rd wave about to hatch and attack the same aarea
This 2nd swarm is supposed to be as much as 20 times larger than the 1st attack
Is it possible there won't be much of harvest afteer the 3rd swarm
So how much food will be needed and will this affect demand for our grain/food
And then the question
Who foots the bill as I doubt very many of those affected by crop loss will be in any position to pay
https://nypost.com/2020/04/11/eruptions-locusts-storms-and-ebola-mother-nature-shows-her-fury/
As humans around the globe battle the coronavirus, the Earth is being wracked by volcanic eruptions, plagues of locusts and storms.
Early Saturday, Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano — the mountain’s last great eruption in December 2018 triggered a deadly tsunami — spewed a 500-foot column of ash and kept the lava flowing for hours.
The volcano’s forerunner, the Krakatoa volcano, erupted in 1883, killing more than 36,000 people in one of the most devastating natural disasters in history, and causing a period of global cooling, according to the Jakarta Post.
On the other side of the world, in Iceland, volcanic activity is escalating in a region that has been relatively calm for 800 years, according to the Guardian.
Scientists are warning that all the rumbling could cause disruption for centuries to come.
“It seems that after being relatively inactive for many centuries, this region is waking up,” Dave McGarvie, a volcanologist at Lancaster University in the UK, told the newspaper.
Great topic Wayne!
https://qz.com/africa/1836159/locusts-set-to-hit-kenya-east-africa-again-400-times-stronger/
These swarms are still immature, and take up to four weeks before they are ready to lay eggs. Kenya is more than halfway through this maturation cycle, and the new generation of locust swarms are expected to begin laying eggs within the week.
Reuters/P.K. DuttaThe swarms leapfrogged over the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden to the Horn of Africa. In Somalia, Cyclone Pawan’s landfall in December 2019 triggered widespread flooding. Coupled with above-average vegetation due to good rains, this contributed to another dramatic increase in the pest’s numbers.