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Cicadas are noisy and the sheer numbers and the noise they generate can reach 107 decibels. That’s about the same intensity as a lawn mower.

Cicadas are noisy and the sheer numbers and the noise they generate can reach 107 decibels. That’s about the same intensity as a lawn mower.

“It’s very possible for somebody to mistake it for a fire alarm or a house alarm going off,” Jammie Murphy, with the University of Georgia extension, says about the noise generated by the insects.

 

“It’s very possible for somebody to mistake it for a fire alarm or a house alarm going off,” Jammie Murphy, with the University of Georgia extension, says about the noise generated by the insects.

“It’s very possible for somebody to mistake it for a fire alarm or a house alarm going off,” Jammie Murphy, with the University of Georgia extension, says about the noise generated by the insects.

Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out whats clicking on Foxnews.com. A Georgia county is asking residents to stop calling 911 over the loud-as-a-lawnmower cicadas that have just emerged from a 17-year hibernation. Multiple reports are coming into Union County of "alarms" in the area, Union County Fire/Rescue and EMA said in a Facebook post. "More than likely these ‘alarms’ are not alarms at all but a bug, Brood X," the post said. Trillions of the winged Brood X insects have come ...