NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The massive ice crack along Lake Erie has been quite the talker. But do we know what caused it? Lake Erie was quick to freeze over due to multiple blasts of frigid Arctic air ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The bitter cold temperatures so far this winter might have many Western New Yorkers wanting to stay inside, but the constant cold is causing conditions that are luring many ...

Recent weeks of Arctic temperatures across the Midwest and Northeast have dramatically increased the amount of ice across all the Great Lakes, which are now 58 percent covered. Just 5 percent of the ...

CLEVELAND (WJW) — An 80-mile crack opened up across Lake Erie’s ice over the weekend. It’s so massive, it’s visible from space! Just when you thought Lake Erie would be entirely frozen over for the ...

CLEVELAND — Temperatures will jump into the 40s and 50s for much of Ohio on Tuesday, and as the air heats up, the National Weather Service in Cleveland is urging people to stay off Lake Erie. Over the ...

Satellite imagery from GOES-19 captured a massive crack forming across Lake Erie’s ice on Feb. 8. Ice cover matters because it heavily impacts Great Lakes shipping – a multi-billion-dollar industry – ...

Nearly all of Lake Erie has frozen over from this winter’s plunging Arctic outbreaks. But on Sunday, a massive, roughly 80-mile-long crack formed on this colossal sheet of ice, and satellite images ...

Over the last few weeks, the ice extent for the Great Lakes has dramatically increased with Lake Erie reaching 95% ice cover and the combined Great Lakes reaching 51% ice cover. The year 2026 started ...

Two veteran Erie County legislators, comprising half of the County Legislature's Republican caucus, have chosen not to run for re-election when their terms expire at the end of this year. That ...

A massive ice fracture formed across Lake Erie over the weekend. The 80-mile-long crack stretched from Canada to Ohio, according to NOAA. Lake Erie is almost 100% frozen over with ice due to cold ...

A large crack in the ice covering Lake Erie was captured on Sunday by a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite, officials said. In a post on Monday on X, NOAA estimates the fissure ...

It's likely related to several factors including the strong northerly winds on Saturday pushing the ice south. This may have led to pressure building up and some weakening of the ice. With ample ...