The deafening noise had scared off elephants, giraffes and other wild animals, he said.

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She said she was too scared to breathe just in case she made too much noise.

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To make matters worse, the whole night there was a severe thunderstorm and the noise of the rain and lightning along with the tremors has kept everyone shaking and scared.

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