Argentina has been hit with a locust plague of biblical proportions that are consuming as many crops as roughly 2,500 people a day.The short-horned grasshoppers have affected farms in the commune of Lanteri located in the northern Argentine province of Santa Fe after crossing from neighbouring Paraguay.Videos taken by local residents show the terrifying scene as the insects completely block out the driver's view on the road.Motorists had to drive carefully as thousands of locusts flew past at a low altitude, hitting their windscreens.Another clip captures the locusts sweeping through the regions in northern Argentina.Lanteri community president Pipo Garcia told local media that the swarm is “astonishing” and that he has never seen anything.