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Icy waves struck the shoreline of Lake Michigan in Chicago, on January 31, as cold weather continued to hit Illinois and other Midwestern states.Footage taken by Samuel Wood shows an icy Lake ...
A vehicle heads north on Williams Lake Road in Waterford during Metro Detroit’s first winter storm of 2024 on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024.
Lake effect winds off Lake Michigan, unusual for the Chicago shoreline, resulted in enhanced snowfall for communities within about 10 miles (16 km) of the lake. Chicago and its northern suburbs received between 18 and 22 inches (46 and 56 cm) of snow. Chicago broke a one-day snowfall record with 18.6 inches (47 cm) falling on January 2.
Lake-effect snow is virtually unheard of in Detroit, Toledo, Milwaukee, Toronto, and Chicago, because the region's dominant winds are from the northwest, making them upwind from their respective Great Lakes, although they, too, have on extremely rare occasion seen small amounts of lake-effect snow during easterly or northeasterly winds.
Harrowing footage shot from a WGN helicopter shows an unidentified 24-year-old man unwittingly walking roughly 500 yards onto a partially frozen Lake Michigan on Chicago’s southeast side. First ...
The water cribs in Chicago are structures built to house and protect offshore water intakes used to supply the City of Chicago with drinking water from Lake Michigan. Water is collected and transported through tunnels located close to 200 feet (61 m) beneath the lake, varying in shape from circular to oval, and ranging in diameter from 10 to 20 ...
Don’t forget to check the local forecast before you hit the road: Snowfall could snarl post-Thanksgiving travel plans as 16 million are under winter alerts across the Great Lakes and the Central ...
Over time, the ice will build up from continued freezing on the open lake and from snow accumulation on the surface. The surface of the Great Lake seldom remains calm enough for the entire surface to freeze. However, the smaller lakes, Lake St. Clair, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario will freeze over more often than the larger upper lakes. The wind ...