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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...
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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.
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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.