The ice coverage in Lake Erie has rapidly expanded to 80% this week. February and March are peak maximum ice coverage periods for the Great Lakes.

That may be true, but if you're suggesting what it appears you are, you should know that stat conveniently omits the fact ...

U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Detroit deploys a helicopter crew to conduct overflights of Canadian vessel Manitoulin trapped ...

The Manitoulin has been freed from the growing Lake Erie ice field and is now underway heading west across the lake, ...

A high wind warning will be in effect through Tuesday morning for several counties in New York, including Erie, Niagara, Orleans, Monroe, Genesee, Wyoming, and Chautauqua. Southwest winds 30 to 40 mph ...

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 ...

The U.S. Coast Guard has requested assistance from the Canadian Coast Guard. CCGS Samuel Risley, a 229-foot icebreaker, is on ...

Using multiple vessels, the American and Canadian coast guards were able to finally free the Manitoulin freighter, with 17 ...