Sunday, March 3, 2013

Plague of locusts afflicts Egypt

Swarm of Biblical proportions surprises local authorities and blankets the ground near Giza

March 3, 2013, 10:52 am8
A locust sitting on a cactus (photo credit: Anna Kaplan/Flash90)
A locust sitting on a cactus (photo credit: Anna Kaplan/Flash90
 
An enormous swarm of locusts is plaguing Egypt, in a development that agricultural authorities admitted they failed to predict.
Egyptian Agricultural Minister Salah Abad Almoman said the swarm, comprising an estimated 30 million insects, descended on Giza, near southern Cairo, where it is causing great damage.st sitting on a cactus (photo credit: Anna Kaplan/Flash90) read full article: http://www.timesofisrael.com/plague-of-locusts-afflicts-egypt/

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