Desert locust upsurge across HoA attributed to climate change-induced extreme weather: UN

Source: Xinhua| 2020-02-20 22:08:07|Editor: huaxia

KENYA-KITUI COUNTY-MWINGI-LOCUSTS

A swarm of desert locusts invade parts of Mwingi Town in Kitui County, Kenya, Feb. 20, 2020. Extreme weather events due to the climate crisis are becoming the new normal in the Horn of Africa (HoA) as recent heavy rains and cyclonic activity resulted in a desert locust upsurge that has affected countries in the region and beyond, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) has stressed. (Xinhua/Zhang Yu)

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