A missionary in Madagascar is reporting that a locust swarm that descended on the nation’s capital is of “Biblical” proportions.

The insects overran the capital of Antananarivo in large clouds.  Roadways were brought to a virtual standstill because of the amount of crushed insects creating slick roads.

“It reminds us of the 10 plagues of Egypt,” missionary Ronald Miller told ABC News.

The plague of locusts is mentioned in Exodus 10:

“And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such,” verse 14 reads. “For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.”

The government blames the outbreak of the locusts on high temperatures, saying that’s the reason for the insects to invade the city.  The country is under a national disaster declaration and is expected to spend $41 million to try and control the outbreak.

The Food and Agriculture Organization says without treatments, the outbreak could completely wipe out crops and destroy the livelihood of 9 million who make a living from farming.