A Canadian freighter became icebound in Lake Erie outside the Buffalo River breakwall while departing Buffalo, New York, requiring help from a U.S. Coast Guard cutter.

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

The recent Arctic blast transformed the Lake Michigan lakeshore in Muskegon and Grand Haven into an icy wonderland.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A Canadian freighter with 17 people on board got stuck in the ice on Lake Erie while leaving Buffalo, ...

The 663-foot Manitoulin became stuck in ice that was rapidly forming in sub-zero temperatures off the Buffalo shoreline.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A Canadian freighter with 17 people on board got stuck in the ice on Lake Erie while departing Buffalo, ...

The lake freighter Manitoulin is immobilized by thick ice in Lake Erie outside the Buffalo River breakwall as it awaits the ...

Now, after temperatures plummeted below zero, Lake Erie is about 60 percent frozen. That’s about 20 percent more ice than ...

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay, an ice-breaking tug, arrived in Buffalo Thursday afternoon to assist Manitoulin.

A Canadian freighter with 17 people on board got stuck in the ice on Lake Erie while departing Buffalo, according to the ...

The Manitoulin, a 663-foot vessel, remained stuck just offshore of Buffalo, New York for the second day on Thursday. An ice-cutting barge, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay, was dispatched ...

The US Coast Guard had to close a passage and channel Thursday morning.The Grays Reef Passage will close starting at 9 a.m.