With the Arctic blast at the end of January, the ice coverage on Lake Erie went from nearly 30% to over 80% in just four days ...

CLEVELAND - Lake Erie is more than half covered by ice ... Administration measures the Great Lakes ice coverage and takes satellite photos daily. The lakes are about 23% ice-covered now.

(This story has been updated with the most current information.) "Heavy lake-effect snow" is making a heavy January push for phrase of the year in Erie County. The National Weather Service in ...