“Although to some, the noise is annoying, they pose no danger to humans or pets,” Foster wrote in his statement to county residents. “Unfortunately, it is the sounds of nature”

Cicadas are so noisy in one South Carolina county that residents are calling 911, sheriff says

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NEWBERRY COUNTY, S.C. — Emerging cicadas are so loud in one South Carolina county that residents are calling the sheriff’s office asking about strange noises.

"We have had several calls about a noise in the air that sounds like a siren, or a whine, or a roar," The Newberry County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post. "The sound is cicadas."

Deputies said that the whining sound is just the male cicadas singing to attract mates after more than a decade of being dormant. ---More...

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“Although to some, the noise is annoying, they pose no danger to humans or pets,” Foster wrote in his statement to county residents. “Unfortunately, it is the sounds of nature”

Cicadas are so noisy in one South Carolina county that residents are calling 911, sheriff says

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