Plague Of Biblical Proportions: Massive Swarm Of Locusts Descends Upon Egypt Ahead Of Passover (Video)

Plagues of locusts? Meh. US Secretary of State John Kerry just announced that he’ll be handing over $250 million to Egypt in support of it’s beautiful democratic future, so all is well. Or is it? …

By STUART WINER, The Times of Israel – “An enormous swarm of locusts is plaguing Egypt, in a development that agricultural authorities admitted they failed to predict.

Egyptian Agricultural Minister Salah Abad Almoman said the swarm, comprising an estimated 30 million insects, descended on Giza, near southern Cairo, where it is causing great damage.

‘The armed forces and the Egyptian border units are trying to battle the swarm with various means at their disposal,’ Almoman said, according to a report in Maariv, but the report did not detail what action was taken. The minister appealed to local residents to refrain from attempting to deal with the ravenous horde themselves.

‘I ask the families living in the area afflicted with the swarm to not light car tires,’ he said. ‘It doesn’t drive the locusts away, it only causes damage, and it could start a fire that will take human life.’

A ministry official said crop-spraying aircraft will be deployed to tackle the insects, which are a seasonal phenomenon in Egypt — albeit not in such large quantities.” Read more.

Egypt Struck by Swarm of Locusts Ahead of Passover – “As a reminder to those who thought the account related in the Passover Haggadah might have been an exaggeration – think again. Millions of locusts have swooped down in a swarm from the sky on to the land of Egypt… Residents were warned not to try to drive away the locusts themselves in order to avoid creating further damage. Instead, ‘Egyptian armed forces and border guards are attempting to fight the swarm with all means at their disposal,’ said Egyptian Agriculture Minister Dr. Salah Abd Al Mamon.” Read more.