Enormous swarm of locusts 37 MILES long and 23 miles wide
A HUGE swarm of locusts have descended on East Africa in what has been called "the most serious outbreak of desert locusts in 25 years". Incredible images show the plague of insects surging around Kenya earlier this week as locals battled to fumigate after the phenomenon.
It comes after an "extremely dangerous increase" in locust swarm activity was reported by officials in Kenya this week. Authorities confirmed the insects continue to pose an "unprecedented threat to food security" as the insects fly together by the millions — devouring crops in the process. One swarm measured a staggering 37 miles long by 25 miles wide in the north-east of the country, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) said in a statement.
"A typical desert locust swarm can contain up to 150 million locusts per square kilometer," they explained. "An average swarm can destroy as much food crops in a day as is sufficient to feed 2,500 people."
The outbreak of desert locusts, considered the "most dangerous locust species", has also affected parts of Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan, Djibouti and Eritrea and the IGAD warned that parts of South Sudan and Uganda could be next. The further increase in locust swarms could last until June as favorable breeding conditions continue, the IGAD said, helped along by unusually heavy flooding in parts of the region in recent weeks.
https://www.the-sun.com/news/us-news/303547/enormous-swarm-of-locusts-37-miles-long-and-23-miles-wide-sweeps-through-east-africa-causing-devastation/
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That picture 
