Locust swarm of biblical proportions plagues Egypt

An estimated 30 million locusts are currently plaguing southern Cairo, as Egyptian official struggle to find a way to dispose of a swarm the size of which they could not have predicted.   Locusts swarm Egypt every year, but typically in manageable numbers. The size of this year's swarm came as a complete surprise, and is reportedly causing enormous damage.   Egypt's military is deploying whatever means at its disposal to deal with the problem, but the country might have to...