Residents say the toxic air also causes skin rashes and eye irritation, damages crops, and restricts routine tasks like drying laundry outdoors. "Everything is covered with dust or soot," said ...

The eastern U.S. is about to be inundated with trillions of Brood XIV periodical cicadas—which were first documented by the pilgrims in 1634. Periodical cicadas have red eyes and emerge from the ...

A woman has revealed how a split decision to give up cigarettes after more than three decades has transformed her life, and padded her pocket. Jennie, 45, started smoking when she was just 15 ...

The Japanese government has launched an expert panel to study why the wildfires that broke out in recent months spread so widely. The panel, which was jointly launched by the Fire and Disaster ...

This year, periodical cicada Brood XIV is expected to emerge in the U.S., which is considered "among the largest of all 17-year periodical cicada broods," according to the University of ...

Georgia is about to get louder as periodical cicadas prepare to emerge from the ground after more than a decade underground. Experts predict the noisy insects will begin surfacing in parts of Georgia ...

The cicadas, a 17-year brood, will start to come out of the ground when soil temperatures reach 64 degrees at an 8-inch depth. Evictions on the rise in Knoxville with median rental listing price ...

Cincinnati, are you ready for an invasion this spring? No, it's not "The Cockroach That Ate Cincinnati," but it's just as buggy — cicadas. Brood XIV, last seen 17 years ago, will emerge this ...