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Photo Story: Pakistan facing devastating locust swarms

cde.news desk 31 May 2020, 17:00 · 1 min read

epa08452328 Locusts are seen on the outskirts of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan province, Pakistan, 29 May 2020. Accord?ing to country's food and agriculture authorities, a second wave of desert locust swarms is waiting to attack farmlands across the country this summer? posing potentially serious food security crisis in parts of Balochistan, Sindh and Punjab, covering almost 38pc of the country's total area. EPA-EFE/JAMAL TARAQAI

Locusts are seen on the outskirts of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan province, Pakistan.

According to country’s food and agriculture authorities, a second wave of desert locust swarms is waiting to attack farmlands across the country this summer.

Locusts attack, a threat to food security in Pakistan. — Locusts are seen on the outskirts of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan province, Pakistan

The swarms are posing potentially serious food security crisis in parts of Balochistan, Sindh and Punjab, covering almost 38pc of the country’s total area.

Locusts attack, a threat to food security in Pakistan. — Locusts are seen at a fruit farm on the outskirts of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan province, Pakistan.

Via EPA-EFE/JAMAL TARAQAI

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