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The locust invasion is
affecting the
of over 12 million people. Many of these were already experiencing food
due to poor harvests from a lack of rain. The swarms of locusts will only worsen the plight of people living in the
. Locusts are extremely
pests. One locust can eat its
body weight in just 24 hours. A small swarm could chomp its way through enough food to feed 35,000 people in just one day. Esther Kithuka, a farmer in Kenya, expressed her
about the invasion. She said: "We depend a lot on this season and we worry that the locusts will destroy our
and we will end up remaining hungry through the
of the year [until] next cropping
."
