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Mumbai, July 4 There is a threat in the air, from locusts. Desert locust swarms from Ethiopia and northern Somalia are expected to cross the Indian Ocean and could reach India and Pakistan in the next few days, according to a warning issued by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Wednesday.

Stressing that the potentially dangerous situation should be closely monitored in the two countries, the UN agency said conditions in western India and along the Indo-Pak border were turning unusually favourable for breeding because of the recent very heavy rains.

“The Governments of India and Pakistan have been warned and they are mobilizing field teams, equipments and resources in Rajasthan and Gujarat as well as in adjacent areas of Cholistan and Tharparkar deserts in Pakistan,” FAO pointed out.

Desert locusts fly with the wind and are known to travel up to 100-150 km a day. Yemen is already facing the worst locust outbreak in 15 years.

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