Whether you love them or hate them, a double brood of cicadas has begun to emerge from the Earth. Residents of the eastern United States have been eagerly awaiting the 2024 periodical cicada emergence ...

Last week, the Newberry County Sheriff's Office was swarmed by phone calls from local residents who were concerned about a particular sound they were hearing outdoors. "We had several calls about a ...

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. The Newberry County Sheriff's Office sent out ...

Police of Newberry County, South Carolina, received numerous calls from concerned citizens who heard noises compared to “a siren, or a whine, or a roar.” There was no real threat afoot. Residents ...

Update: The first cicadas in the Chicago area have emerged! Our latest story can be found here. Our original story can be found below. Much has been said about the historic 2024 cicada emergence - ...

CHESTER COUNTY, S.C. — Cicadas are making a lot of noise all over our area. In some areas, it’s gotten so loud that people are calling 911. Channel 9′s Tina Terry learned some of the callers have ...

Several South Carolina residents have heard strange sounds recently, and reported it to law enforcement, according to the Newberry County Sheriff’s Office. But no crimes are being committed and no ...

Around Australia, the buzz-saw siren of cicadas heralds the beginning of summer. With 237 recorded species of cicada in Australia, almost no area of the country is untouched by their song. Up to 800 ...

For many Illinois residents, the droning call of cicadas is central to summer's soundscape. But this year looks — and sounds — a bit different, courtesy of a timely collision between cicada Broods ...

During an afternoon stroll around Morton Arboretum, Maria Malayter’s Apple Watch buzzed twice with an unusual notification. The screen warned her of a “loud environment” with sound levels reaching 90 ...