The National Weather Service reports that Lake Erie is roughly 70% frozen over. Ice thickness varies between 2 and 12 inches ...

Many anglers who were on a hair trigger awaiting the now more uncommon opportunity to get onto Lake Erie’s ice may have ...

Global warming has affected local ecosystems ... That, in large part, is likely due to Lake Erie’s declining ice coverage, experts said. “In the last few years alone, reduced ice cover and ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Lake Erie is more than half covered by ice, thanks to our frigid snap. The Great Lake was almost entirely liquid on Jan. 4, when temperatures began dropping. By Jan. 8 ...

The U.S. and Canadian Coast Guards continued efforts to break up ice and free a freighter that has been trapped in a frozen Lake Erie for days ... providing global news, commentary and analysis ...

Kahn told the Erie Times-News the current ice percentage was reported Wednesday and ice report records are delayed by two days. Ice covering the lake means less lake-effect snow Having a low ice ...

The U.S. Coast Guard says a freighter is on the move after it was freed from ice that trapped it in frozen Lake Erie for days. The Manitoulin, a 663-foot Canadian vessel with 17 people on board, got ...

“This is typical for our area of Lake Erie,” they noted ... Always remember: no ice is safe!” The combination of warming temperatures and strong winds can make ice floes most likely to ...

A videographer captured stunning footage of pancake ice undulating on Lake Erie against the backdrop of a sunrise on Sunday, February 2. Denis Kreze filmed the video in Fort Erie, Ontario, early ...