Editing 2020s (section)

====Other natural events====
Beginning in 2019 until 2022, a [[2019–2022 locust infestation|huge swarm]] of [[desert locust]]s threatened to engulf massive portions of the [[Middle East]], [[Africa]] and [[Asia]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Irfan |first1=Umair |last2=Kirby |first2=Jen |title=The other plague: Locusts are devouring crops in East Africa and the Middle East |url=https://www.vox.com/2020/5/20/21158283/locust-plague-swarm-outbreak-africa-asia-2020 |website=Vox |access-date=19 November 2021 |date=20 May 2020 |archive-date=12 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612232942/https://www.vox.com/2020/5/20/21158283/locust-plague-swarm-outbreak-africa-asia-2020 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Ahmed |first1=Kaamil |title='Rolling emergency' of locust swarms decimating Africa, Asia and Middle East |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/jun/08/rolling-emergency-of-locust-swarms-decimating-africa-asia-and-middle-east |website=The Guardian |access-date=19 November 2021 |date=8 June 2020 |archive-date=12 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612232943/https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/jun/08/rolling-emergency-of-locust-swarms-decimating-africa-asia-and-middle-east |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Ogema |first1=Nelson |last2=Broom |first2=Fiona |title=Famine risk for millions in second locust wave |url=https://phys.org/news/2020-05-famine-millions-locust.html |website=phys.org |access-date=19 November 2021 |date=28 May 2020 |archive-date=31 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531054921/https://phys.org/news/2020-05-famine-millions-locust.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Why are swarms of locusts invading the UAE and neighbouring countries? |url=https://www.esquireme.com/brief/news/46258-why-are-there-swarms-of-locusts-invading-the-uae-and-neighbouring-countries |newspaper=Esquire Middle East – the Region's Best Men's Magazine |date=27 May 2020 |access-date=19 November 2021 |archive-date=25 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525154806/https://www.esquireme.com/news/46258-why-are-there-swarms-of-locusts-invading-the-uae-and-neighbouring-countries |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Snouwaert |first1=Jessica |title=Locust swarms devour fields of crops in a single day that would feed 35,000 people — and COVID-19 threatens to make the pest problem even worse |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-makes-fighting-locust-swarms-that-ruin-crops-even-harder-2020-5 |website=Insider |access-date=19 November 2021 |date=19 May 2021 |archive-date=12 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612232940/https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-makes-fighting-locust-swarms-that-ruin-crops-even-harder-2020-5 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Gronewold |first1=Nathanial |publisher=E&E News |title=To Track Massive Locust Swarms, Officials Use Tool that Forecasts Smoke Plumes |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/to-track-massive-locust-swarms-officials-use-tool-that-forecasts-smoke-plumes/ |website=Scientific American |access-date=19 November 2021 |date=15 May 2020 |archive-date=12 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612232942/https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/to-track-massive-locust-swarms-officials-use-tool-that-forecasts-smoke-plumes/ |url-status=live}}</ref>