Cicadas Are So Noisy In A South Carolina County That Residents Are Calling The Police

WCCB Charlotte— 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.

Washington Post—Cicadas are so loud that some South Carolina residents are calling police - The Washington Post. Some in Newberry County, S.C., thought the noise was a siren. The sheriff assured them it was just cicadas.

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...

One Green Planet—Police in South Carolina are Getting Noise Complaints About Cicadas!. Residents of Newberry County, South Carolina, have been startled by an unusual sound echoing through their communities.