Millions of locusts have descended on southern Russia, swallowing roads, darkening the skies and tearing through valuable farmland.
The enormous, fast-moving swarm has engulfed the Kizlyar district in the Republic of Dagestan, where the insects have dramatically reduced visibility and created dangerous conditions for motorists.
Footage from the region shows locusts filling the air and surrounding vehicles as drivers attempt to navigate through the biblical invasion.
Stunned visitors watched as the insects flooded the skies, with some comparing the eerie transformation to the ten plagues God inflicted on the Egyptians in the biblical narrative of Exodus.
‘Looks like one of the 10 plagues,’ one X
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