Locusts swarm East Africa
When you see the news going around that East Africa is being ravaged by enormous swarms of locusts, your first thought is most likely the Bible story of the Egyptian Pharaoh who was punished by god with, among other things, a plague of locusts. But is what’s happening in East Africa right now comparable to the biblical myth? Are swarms so large that they blot out the sun even possible? Where do they come from and why do they swarm…