CICADA BROOD BACKGROUND. LEARNING ABOUT THESE BUGS.. AS WE BRACE FOR A HISTORIC INVASION. "A SINGLE PERSONS BACKYARD COULD HAVE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF THEM." A PROFESSOR TELLS US ABOUT THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF BROODS YOU SHOULD LOOK OUT FOR. PUMPING THE BRAKES.. ON A MAJOR INTERSTATE EXPANSION PROJECTS. WHAT'S CAUSING THE DELAYS.. AND THE PROGRESS MADE SO FAR. PLUS .. A FAMILY'S CAR CRASHING INTO A CREEK.. AND SINKING FAST. FOR THE FIRST TIME.. WE'RE HEARING FROM THE GEORGIA SORORITY SISTERS.. WHO SAVED THEM. I-16 AT GWINNETT THANKS FOR STARTING YOUR DAY WITH WJCL 22 NEWS. GOOD MORNING - - I'M EMMA HAMILTON. AND I'M FRANK SULKOWSKI. METEOROLOGIST JONATHAN MYERS IS JOINING US NOW .... NOW, HERE'S YOUR STORM TRACKER RADAR... TODAY MORE CLOUDS THAN SUN, WITH A HIGH NEAR 80. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH, WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 22 MPH. WEDNESDAY NIGHT A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER 2AM. MOSTLY CLOUDY, WITH A LOW AROUND 68. SOUTHEAST WIND 11 TO 14 MPH, WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 21 MPH. THURSDAY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY BEFORE 2PM. HIGH NEAR 78. BREEZY, WITH A SOUTH WIND 17 TO 24 MPH, WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 34 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION IS 80% NEW AT SIX... GEORGIA SORORITY SISTERS... SAVING A FAMILY'S LIFE.. AFTER THEY CRASHED INTO A CREEK. THEY'RE OPENING UP IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED... DURING THEIR ROAD TRIP TO SAVANNAH. FIVE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA STUDENTS WERE HEADING TO THE HOSTESS CITY LAST MONTH.. FOR THE ST. PATRICK'S DAY WEEKEND. THEY DECIDED TO TAKE A RURAL ROUTE.. TO TRY THE FAMOUS CHEESE BISCUITS AT JIM AND NICK'S THAT'S WHEN THEY SPOTTED AN SUV.. THAT DROVE OFF THE ROAD.. AND INTO A CREEK IN BURKE COUNTY. THEY JUMPED INTO ACTION.. AND SAVED A YOUNG MOTHER.. AND HER TWO CHILDREN. EVA PILGRIM YOU GUYS SAVED THOSE TWO LITTLE KIDS. // THAT FAMILY WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THAT ROAD ALL BY THEMSELVES. THERE'S NO WAY SHE COULD HAVE DONE THAT ON HER OWN. CLARKE JONES, UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FRESHMAN EVERY SECOND MATTERED IN THAT SITUATION. I MEAN, IF WE WERE FIVE SECONDS LATER, WE WOULDN'T EVEN SEEN THE CAR GO OFF THE BRIDGE AND IT WAS SO FORESTED THAT WE WOULDN'T EVEN THINK TO LOOK DOWN THERE, SEE ANYTHING. JANE MCARDLE, UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FRESHMAN YEAH, IT'S REALLY, RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME. YOU CAN HEAR MORE OF THIS INCREDIBLE STORY IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW.. LATER THIS MORNING ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA.. STARTING RIGHT AFTER HOUR SHOWS AT SEVEN. NEW THIS MORNING.. WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT THE BROODS OF CICADAS... THAT ARE BEHIND A HISTORIC INVASION COMING TO GEORGIA. SO LITERALLY A SINGLE PERSONS BACKYARD COULD HAVE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF THEM. SO IF YOU EXTEND THAT TO THE EASTERN U.S. THE NUMBERS ARE JUST... I MEAN GEORGIA MIGHT EVEN HAVE BILLIONS BY IT SELF. TWO MASSIVE BROODS OF CICADAS ARE PREPARING TO EMERGE FROM UNDERGROUND THIS MONTH. ONE BROOD IS CONCENTRATED IN THE MIDWEST - WHILE THE OTHER ONE AFFECTS PARTS OF THE MIDWEST AND THE SOUTH. A GEORGIA PROFESSOR BREAKS DOWN WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE TWO TYPES OF BROODS. ?THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF BROODS ? BROODS WITH A 13 YEAR LIFE CYCLE AND A 17 YEAR LIFE CYCLE. BROOD 10 HAS A 17 YEAR LIFE CYCLE, SO IT EMERGED IN 2004, 2021, AND IT WILL EMERGE AGAIN IN 2038. BROOD 19, WHICH IS EMERGING THIS YEAR, IS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF CICADA. SO THIS IS ACTUALLY A GROUP OF THREE DIFFERENT SPECIES. SO THEY?RE CICADAS BUT DIFFERENT TYPES OF CICADAS AND THESE THREE SPECIES HAVE A 13 YEAR LIFE CYCLE. SO THESE EMERGED IN 2011, THEY?LL EMERGE THIS YEAR, AND THEN THEY WILL EMERGE AGAIN IN - IF I CAN DO MATH - 2037.? GEORGIA LAST SAW AN EMERGENCE OF CICADAS LIKE THIS BACK IN 20-21. THIS MORNING ... THREE PEOPLE ARE HURT.. FOLLOWING A SHOOTING IN SAVANNAH. POLICE FOUND THE THREE VICTIMS.. IN *DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY. IT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT AROUND FIVE-30 ON WEST GWINETT STREET NOT FAR FROM STILES AVENUE. SAVANNAH POLICE SAY THEY FOUND TWO VICTIMS.. WHO WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. AND OFFICERS SAY THEY FOUND THE LAST VICTIM ABOUT A MILE AWAY FROM THE SCENE .. NEAR OGEECHEE ROD AND 37-TH STREET. THEY ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO RECOVER. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION.. PLEASE CALL POLICE. AN INTERSTATE PROJECT DELAY.. IMPACTING DRIVERS ACROSS OUR AREA. CONSTRUCTION ON EYE-16 ... AT EYE-95 -NORTH ... COULD BE DELAYED UNTIL SPRING OF NEXT YEAR. THIS PROJECT IS ALREADY TAKING YEARS TO COMPLETE. IT STARTED BACK IN 20-20. AND GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SAYS THE PANDEMIC.. PLAYED A ROLE IN THE SETBACKS. ""JUST WITH CHALLENGES IN CONSTRUCTION A LOT OF PEOPLE FACE UNFORTUNATELY THAT DATE DID SHIFT, BUT WE'RE BEING AS GOOD OF A PARTNER WE CAN WITH OUR CONTRACT GROUP" - **BUTTED** "IT'S A MASSIVE INVESTMENT ITS A 320 MILLION DOLLAR JUST IN THE CONSTRUCTION END." LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE PROGRESS IN THE INTERSTATE PROJECT SO FAR. G-DOT HAS FINISHED AND OPENED BOTH TURBINE RAMPS. THEY'RE FINALIZING WORK ON THE I-16 EAST BOUND TO I-95 NORTH BOUND RAMP... AND I-95 NORTH BOUND RAMP TO I- 16 WEST BOUND. THE I-16 EASTBOUND SHIFT TO THE NEW TREMONT ROAD BRIDGE SECTION WILL HAPPEN NEXT MONTH. NEW THIS MORNING ... THE SEARCH IS ON FOR THE NEXT DESIGN FOR THE SAVANNAH TO GO CUP AND YOU CAN SUBMIT YOUR ARTWORK. THE THEME IS "SUMMER IN SAVANNAH" THE WINNER WILL TAKE HOME ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS. THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT IS APRIL 30-TH. THE COMPETITION IS HOSTED BY THE SAVANNAH DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION. AND HERE'S A LOOK AT YOUR TRAFFIC TRACK 22. THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS ON THE ROADS THIS MORNING.