Feared ‘locust plague’ reaches Cairo after prior sightings along Red Sea coast and in Upper Egypt
Swarms of locusts have been seen in several districts of Cairo on Saturday, including Moqatam and New Cairo.
Some citizens burned tires to create a black fog to keep the locusts from settling in the city.
Swarms were earlier reported to have reached Egypt’s Red Sea city of Zafarana, some 200 kilometres from Cairo, and then the Upper Egyptian city of Qena where locusts appeared in at least three major villages.