NBC meteorologist Lauryn Ricketts shared on Monday an image of a big blotch of green picked up by the radar beam which they suspected were swarms of Brood X cicadas. The exceptionally loud black-winged insects that had emerged from their 17-year slumber must have come in hundreds of thousands, if not millions of cicadas, to be able to show up in weather radar.
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A plane carrying dozens of journalists preparing to take off from Washington, D.C. to cover President Biden s first trip abroad was delayed for several hours Tuesday evening.
A swarm of cicadas was evidently looking to hitch a ride to Europe with the press corps.
A horde of Brood X cicadas had filled the plane s engines, causing mechanical issues that delayed take off. Eventually, White House aides had to find another plane for reporters to make it overseas, according to the
Associated Press
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The White House press charter, flying from Dulles to Europe ahead of President Biden, has been delayed for hours - due to mechanical issues caused by cicadas
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Trillions of cicadas are emerging in the U.S. East. Scientists say Brood X is one of the biggest for these bugs which come out only once every 17 years. Carolyn Kaster/AP
A plane carrying dozens of journalists preparing to take off from Washington, D.C. to cover President Biden s first trip abroad was delayed for several hours Tuesday evening.
A swarm of cicadas was evidently looking to hitch a ride to Europe with the press corps.
A horde of Brood X cicadas had filled the plane s engines, causing mechanical issues that delayed take off. Eventually, White House aides had to find another plane for reporters to make it overseas, according to the