Locusts invade but aren't considered threat

MADRID, Spain (AP) -- An estimated 100 million locusts swarmed one of the Canary Islands on Tuesday, but the crop-ravaging insects -- many with only a week to live -- posed little threat, arriving with missing wings and broken legs after their 60-mile flight from the African mainland.
Millions of others in the swarm were being blown back out to sea before arriving on Fuerteventura Island as the strong winds changed direction.
The grasshopper-like insects began infesting two of the Spanish islands over the weekend, said Pedro Rodriguez Zaragoza, the agriculture minister of one of Europe's top tourist destinations.