China plagued by locusts 中國遭蝗害

Huge swarms of locusts have been destroying crops in northern China - a region which is already suffering from its worst drought in more than a decade.

Two areas have been struck by the locust plague at once.

In north-central China, at least six provinces have been hit by massive infestations, and in the far north-western province of Xinjiang, another large swarm of insects is rapidly chewing its way through the summer crop.

In the worst affected areas of Xinjiang, local farmers are reporting infestation levels of 4,000 locusts per square metre.

According to one local paper, this is the biggest outbreak of locusts in a quarter of a century.

已在經(jīng)受一場(chǎng)十年不遇的旱情的中國北方，近來莊稼又被大量蝗蟲所危害。

同時(shí)有兩個(gè)地區(qū)遭到蝗災(zāi)。

在華北，至少有六個(gè)省大面積遭蝗蟲襲擊，在遙遠(yuǎn)的西北部的新疆，大量蝗蟲也在快速掃蕩夏季莊稼。

在新疆災(zāi)害最嚴(yán)重的地方，當(dāng)?shù)剞r(nóng)民說每平方米蝗蟲數(shù)量可達(dá)4,000只。

據(jù)一家地方報(bào)紙說，這是25年來爆發(fā)的最大的一場(chǎng)蝗災(zāi)。