Locust swarms fill sky in Saudi Arabia

Published date: Mon, 01 Mar 2021 22:20:22 +0700

Footage shows a swarm of locusts filling the sky in the town of Mahayil in the Asir region of Saudi Arabia, on February 23.

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned that swarms of the crop-eating insects pose a threat to agricultural and pastoral livelihoods for millions of people from the Horn of Africa to Yemen.