Cicadas are so loud that some South Carolina residents are calling police - The Washington Post

Washington Post— Some in Newberry County, S.C., thought the noise was a siren. The sheriff assured them it was just cicadas.

WCCB Charlotte—Cicadas Are So Noisy In A South Carolina County That Residents Are Calling The Police. Emerging cicadas are so loud in one South Carolina county that residents are calling the sheriff’s office asking why they can hear sirens or a loud roar.

FOX Weather—Emerging cicadas' cacophony triggers calls to police in South Carolina from confused residents. NEWBERRY COUNTY, S.C. – The emergence of cicadas in South Carolina has caused a disturbance so loud that it prompted uneasy residents to call police for help. The Newberry County Sheriff's Office said they had several calls Tuesday about a noise in the air that sounded like "a siren, or a whine or a roar." "The sound is cicadas," deputies informed residents. On hot, sunny days, the brood's collective sounds can reach the volume of a lawnmower or motorcycle. "Cicadas are a superfamily of insects...

ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos—Video Police tell residents to stop calling over loud cicada buzz. Two broods of cicadas emerging simultaneously have some comparing their deafening mating calls to sirens or even heavy machinery. The natural phenomenon last happened more than 200 years ago.