On Tuesday, Jan. 28, the U.S. Coast Guard 9th District was called to rescue at least four people trapped on the ice on Lake ...

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

OTTAWA COUNTY, Ohio (CBS DETROIT) - The Coast Guard's Air Station Detroit helicopter crew assisted on an ice rescue call ...

The U.S. military is working to free a Canadian ship trapped in the icy waters of Lake Erie near the Buffalo, NY shoreline.

As the ice continues to develop on Lake Erie and other waterways in the area, some of you may be planning to have some fun ...

The 17-member crew of the freighter, stuck a mile off the Buffalo shore, was never in serious danger, but its predicament drew news media attention and a crowd of curious onlookers.

New research from Africa's Lake Victoria has revealed critical clues about toxic algal blooms and their potential impact on ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A 660-foot vessel remains stuck in the ice in Lake Erie on Thursday night over ... ship we've seen be calmed in ice in this area.” The Manitoulin can break through ice, like ...

The lake freighter Manitoulin is immobilized by thick ice in Lake Erie outside the Buffalo River breakwall as it awaits the arrival of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay which is en route from Erie, ...

More than a dozen counties are under a state of emergency as areas of upstate New York could receive multiple feet of snow.

A lake freighter ship is stuck in ice in the Lake Erie shoreline in the Buffalo River. The vessel Manitoulin, which was returning to Michigan after completing a routine ...