Editor's Note: Are natural phenomena really natural? These disasters should be viewed from truly scientific point of view.
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LOCUST PLAGUE
Guizhou Metropolitan Newspaper: locust swarms struck the second
largest grassland of China. Wrap-up from our press: The second largest grassland of China,
Xilinguole grassland in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, was stricken by locust swarms in
a large area. Xilinguole grassland at Xilinguole League in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous
Region is located to the west of Beijing, with the closest area about 300 kilometers away
from Beijing. Since the beginning of this summer, because of the persistent dry and
rainless condition, this grassland has suffered an extraordinary drought succeeded by a
large area locust plague seldom seen in history. The disaster areas were scattered all
over the 13 Flags, Counties, Cities and Districts of the League. It is known that over 4.7
million livestock have been stricken. Among these, nearly 10 percent had to be grazed
elsewhere. Lots of grasslands also have nothing to harvest.
(Compiled and translated based on http://www.minghui.cc/gb/0001/Aug/15/disaster_815.html)
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China Encounters Disaster of
Locust
(Duowei News, July 28) The residents of Yongle Community in
Shijingshan, Beijing were almost disturbed to death by a kind of locust during these past
few days. Whenever street lamps were lit , these tiny, winged creatures would swarm in
from all directions, gathering at the corners of buildings, on walls, beneath street lamps
and on lawns, jumping and flying around chaotically.
According to the report from "Beijing Daily", these
intruders belong to a species of locusts. They are similar in kin to the "migratory
locust", in that they also feed on grass, trees, and crops. An average density of
just several such native locusts per square meter can be harmful to the agriculture.
Because chemicals are applied every year, for prevention, in the
suburbs of Beijing, no damage has occurred. From where do these native locusts come?
According to the analysis of experts, it is quite possible that they are "local
products" of the environment. They are weak in their migratory nature and they are
not capable of flying into Beijing from elsewhere. The dry weather of these few years has
caused the waste grassland and river shore in the suburbs of Beijing to expand, increasing
the hatch rate of the native locusts' eggs.
