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    Videos_ Locust Swarms Just Reached Eastern Lebanon
    @LebarmyOfficial | Al-Jadeed
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    Videos: Locust Swarms Just Reached Lebanon

    By Hussein YassineApril 23, 2021Updated:April 23, 2021
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    The Lebanese authorities are preparing to respond to swarms of desert locusts that have reached several areas in eastern Lebanon, including Aarsal and Ras Baalbek.

    On Friday morning, caretaker Agriculture Minister Abbas Mortada announced in a statement on Radio Lebanon that the Agriculture Ministry’s technical teams had conducted a survey of the areas that have witnessed locust swarms so far.

    #الجراد وصل إلى مشارف #عرسال pic.twitter.com/tEYHzWW7DX

    — 𝘼𝘽𝘽𝘼𝙎𝙎 𝙉𝘼𝙄𝙈 🌻 (@ABBASSNAIMNAIM) April 22, 2021

    These surveys gave a general idea of the approximate area affected by these swarms, Mortada said, adding that despite their “acceptable” numbers and their restriction to a specific area so far, there is concern about their “rapid reproduction and advance.”

    The official also announced that he had communicated with caretaker Defense Minister Zeina Akar and that Lebanese Army helicopters would start to spray the designated areas with the required chemicals, which have reached the Rayak Air Base.

    في اطار اجراءات مكافحة اسراب الجراد والحدّ من انتشارها والقضاء عليها باشرت طوافات #الجيش_اللبناني وبالتنسيق مع وزاره الزراعة رشّ مبيدات حشرية في مناطق بعلبك ورأس بعلبك.#LebaneseArmy pic.twitter.com/vEX1oFFp9n

    — الجيش اللبناني (@LebarmyOfficial) April 23, 2021

    Mortada warned of “the entry of additional swarms of locusts at any time,” calling on people, especially those living on the border with Syria, to immediately report sightings of locust swarms to the hotline 81/964621.

    #الجراد في أعالي جرود #عرسال و #رأس_بعلبك#لبنان pic.twitter.com/ZrQWaNmu7X

    — Ahmad El Hajj | أحمد الحاج (@AhmadElHajj007) April 23, 2021

    On Thursday, the Agriculture Ministry’s teams were on alert after desert locust swarms advanced through Syrian territory, days after Jordan was combating waves of these insects.

    #TheLocust has become the top-trending hashtag on Twitter, where Lebanese are expressing concern about the potential consequence of these waves in the wake of the crippling crisis Lebanon is already going through.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M67-CgxRdmo
    Locust swarms in the northern Beqaa region.
    Lebanese Army Lebanon
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