Locusts Swarm Egypt: Damage Locusts Caused in the Past 100 Years

Locusts swarm Egypt: A typical swarm of locusts can eat as much food as 2,500 people can eat in a single day, according to the UN.
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Locusts Swarm Egypt: Damage Locusts Caused in the Past 100 Years
A man stands in a large cloud of locusts, 29 November 2004 around Corralejo in the north of the island of Fuerteventura, in Spain's Canary Islands. (Samuel Aranda/AFP/Getty Images)
3/4/2013
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10/1/2015

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A man stands in a large cloud of locusts, 29 November 2004 around Corralejo in the north of the island of Fuerteventura, in Spain's Canary Islands about 100 kilometers (60 miles) off the Moroccan coast. Earlier Today, local authorities said that the original swarms which had descended on the island Thursday were 'under control' as the Canaries sought to deal with its worst locust invasion since the 1950s. (Samuel Aranda/AFP/Getty Images)