Locusts plague Bangladesh highway, blinding drivers

Swarms of locusts blinded drivers, halting traffic along a 40km stretch of a highway linking Dhaka to the southern port of Chittagong, police said on Sunday.

Masses of insects started hitting windscreens around midnight on Saturday, forcing dozens of trucks and buses to stop on the highway for up to four hours, a Chittagong police officer said.

"They came flying by millions, all on a sudden, apparently from nowhere, causing panic among passengers," the officer said.

The motorists resumed their journey around dawn when the swarm cleared.

- REUTERS