locusts attack

swarm of locusts dance enough to block out the sun are quickly cutting a  path of destruction  across Kenya and other countries in East Africa. Unusually wet weather has caused billions of the grasshopper like insects which reproduce in moist conditions to south Susan  Uganda and  other countries  it the worst locust outbreak that parts of East Africa have seen in 70 years. The insects pose a serious threat to people in that region. The  swarms contain as many as 200 million insects per square mile and they devour crops and destroy farmland at an alarming rate. In a single day an average swarm can  travel more than 80 miles and destroy ensuing  food to feed 35,000 people. That's especially problematic for countries like Kenya where millions of people already face serious food  shortages due to poverty and local conflicts Experts with  the united nation (U N). food  and agriculture  Organization say the locust outbreak if left unchecked cause  an additional  20 million people in the region to go hungry. To address the growing crisis  U N. official are  asking the  international community for about $.75 million in aid spray pesticides from planes the only effective method for connoting the  locusts. if nothing is done they warm the swarms could  grow 500 times larger by June. The  magnitude of the problem is just so big says Cyril ferried a U.N official in East Africa. The locusts are a moving target and we are reaching  against time. from called book junior scholastic.