‘Overtaken by Aliens’: India Faces Another Plague as Locusts Swarm
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/27/world/asia/india-locusts-jaipur.html
Source: By Jeffrey Gettleman and Suhasini Raj, The New York Times.
Excerpt: Blizzards of bugs are descending on India at an already tough time. Scientists say climate change is making the infestation worse. [Image caption: Fending off swarms of locusts in Jaipur, India, on Monday. NEW DELHI — ...As if India needed more challenges, with coronavirus infections steadily increasing, a heat wave hitting the capital, a recent killer cyclone and 100 million people out of work, the country now has to fight off a new problem: a locust invasion. ...Scientists say it’s the worst attack in 25 years and these locusts are different. “This time the attack is by very young locusts who fly for longer distances, at faster speeds, unlike adults in the past who were sluggish and not so fast,” said K.L. Gurjar, the deputy director of India’s Locust Warning Organization. The locusts were flying in from Iran and Pakistan, blanketing half a dozen states in western and central India. Because most of the crops were recently harvested, the hungry swarms have buzzed into urban areas, eager to devour bushes and trees, carpeting whatever surface they land on....
Source: By Jeffrey Gettleman and Suhasini Raj, The New York Times.
Excerpt: Blizzards of bugs are descending on India at an already tough time. Scientists say climate change is making the infestation worse. [Image caption: Fending off swarms of locusts in Jaipur, India, on Monday. NEW DELHI — ...As if India needed more challenges, with coronavirus infections steadily increasing, a heat wave hitting the capital, a recent killer cyclone and 100 million people out of work, the country now has to fight off a new problem: a locust invasion. ...Scientists say it’s the worst attack in 25 years and these locusts are different. “This time the attack is by very young locusts who fly for longer distances, at faster speeds, unlike adults in the past who were sluggish and not so fast,” said K.L. Gurjar, the deputy director of India’s Locust Warning Organization. The locusts were flying in from Iran and Pakistan, blanketing half a dozen states in western and central India. Because most of the crops were recently harvested, the hungry swarms have buzzed into urban areas, eager to devour bushes and trees, carpeting whatever surface they land on....