North Carolina was in crisis over the summer when Hurricane Florence hit them hard. In the wake of this storm, the state has been left with a new kind of crisis that nobody was expecting.

The people of North Carolina are now being plagued by tens of thousands of frogs who fall on their heads, invade their kitchens, and even get into their beds. They also get stuck on windows, doors, and cars!

State biologist Jeff Hall explains that the North Carolina coast is in the midst of a convergence of two types of frog and toad populations explosions. The first wave was born in June and July during the unusually heavy rains, and the second came from the “explosively breeding” toads, who have been breeding in the puddles left behind by the hurricane. More than 30 inches of rain fell in the state during the hurricane.

The flooding in the wake of the storm has made the situation worse, as it has forced the frogs and toads to move to higher ground.

“This is why they’re showing up in places they don’t normally go,” Hall said. “I’ve heard of people stepping outside and frogs falling on their shoulder, freaking them out. Frogs love tiny cracks, so they get in door seals.”

Hall warned that residents will have to deal with these until the flood waters recede in the 10 most impacted counties. However, he added that the frogs and toads pose no threat to humans.

“They don’t pose a threat,” he said. “It’s best to try and deal with them as best we can until the situation changes. There are people with hundreds of little toads running around in their yards and they don’t like it – but toads do eat insects.”

North Carolina residents have been taking to social media to talk about how frustrating dealing with these creatures can be.

“They poop everywhere!” one resident wrote, another adding, “They’re all over my windows. I had one jump on my face laying in bed!”

“And I had another in the kitchen on the cutting board. They’re everywhere,” a third wrote.

Please keep the people of North Carolina in your thoughts and prayers as they continue to try and recover from this storm!