BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A freighter is on the move after it was freed from ice that trapped it in a frozen Lake Erie for days, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

according to a Buffalo News analysis of data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. That, in large part, is likely due to Lake Erie’s declining ice coverage, experts said.

Scanlon said on X, as a lake-effect snow band unleashed on the Buffalo metro and northern Erie County between about 10:30 and 1 p.m. "I urge all residents to stay indoors if possible and follow ...

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

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

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The U.S. and Canadian Coast Guards on Saturday continued efforts to break up ice and free a freighter that has been trapped in a frozen Lake Erie for days, officials said. The ...

A Canadian freighter with 17 people on board got stuck in the ice on Lake Erie while departing Buffalo, according to the Coast Guard, which arrived with icebreaking equipment Thursday to begin ...

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 ...

Lake Erie ice coverage has increased by 35-40% since mid January when the lake was only partially frozen over. Now with recent freezing temperatures and more snowy conditions, Lake Erie is roughly ...

It got caught near Buffalo, New York's shoreline ... “The situation that we are facing here on Lake Erie is that we have greater ice thickness than usual, so local ice breakers and local ...

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 ...