Swarms of billions of insects are destroying crops in Kenya, the country's worst outbreak in 70 years, the Associated Press reported. Somalia and Ethiopia are experiencing their worst outbreak in a quarter-century amid exceptionally heavy rains that are favorable to the insects.
"There is the risk of a catastrophe," U.N. humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock said Monday in New York at a briefing. Last week, Burgeon told the AP that without enough aerial spraying, the outbreak could turn into a plague, "and when you have a plague, it takes years to control. -Full Report
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