Locusts have also swarmed orchards in the border town of Al-Qasr in Hermel, the NNA reports. Local residents have entered ''a state of panic,'' appealing to the Lebanese authorities to intervene to combat the hoards

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Locusts have also swarmed orchards in the border town of Al-Qasr in Hermel, the NNA reports. Local residents have entered "a state of panic," appealing to the Lebanese authorities to intervene to combat the hoards