locust swarms infest the area in certain, usually regular intervals of several years and that the swarm that we just got to see was one of the largest in many years. Definitely one of the most impressive demonstrations of power of nature I have seen so far.
They will destroy the crops to a great extent, and true, it is an indication of some bad times. In my country, it happened in the northern part and it was so devastating that, people joined together and played arranged and played loud music for several days to prevent them coming, spending lakhs of rupees in that. Some even used fire. There is a word for this as well, its just not coming on top of my head.
I can imagine. The scale of the destruction was absolutely mindblowing. The farmers must have lost everything. How is the loud music trick? Does it work? Never heard of it...
It does work for sure. They took those loud DJ music and played it constantly.
Wow, that´s cool :) Maybe the locusts are just fans of some other type of music :D Thanks for the links.
https://www.republicworld.com/india-news/general-news/farmers-use-dj-and-loud-music-to-ward-off-locusts-in-up.html
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/city/lucknow/watch-farmer-uses-dj-to-scare-off-locust-swarms/videoshow/76041752.cms