Plagues, Pestilences and Diseases
Australia: Plague Locusts hits Melbourne streets
* From: AAP
* November 12, 2010 9:38AM
A PLAGUE of locusts that has been detected in regional Victoria and New
South Wales has now arrived in Melbourne.
A spokeswoman for the State Public Information Officer says there have
been reports in the last few hours of locust sightings around
Melbourne, including East Melbourne, Carlton and Doncaster East.
"We've had lots of reports this morning,'' the spokeswoman said.
"The hot northerly wind has been a perfect vehicle for them to be flown
into Melbourne.
"One of our staff who lives in Carlton has brought one and it has got a
date with our entomologist this morning.''
The locust plague is predicted to be the worst in 30 years, with
billions of the creatures hatching in NSW and Victoria and threatening
billions of dollars of winter crop.
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