8. Locusts
The eighth plague—devastating locust swarms—is well documented in both ancient and modern history. Archaeological and historical records confirm that locusts have periodically ravaged crops across Egypt and the greater Middle East. Today, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) tracks similar plagues in East Africa, where sudden population booms lead to massive agricultural losses. Modern scholars see the locust plague as a natural, recurring disaster that would have compounded the famine and hardship already inflicted by previous catastrophes.
