“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 Coast Guard vessels don’t have the capability to break ice ...

The Bristol Bay, a U.S. Coast Guard cutter from Detroit, which headed Thursday toward Buffalo, New York, is attempting to free a Canadian freighter stuck in the thick ice on frigid Lake Erie.

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 U.S. Coast Guard was among several agencies that rescued four people from an ice floe in Lake Erie. Air Station Detroit and Station Marblehead both received a report from the Catawba Island ...

CATAWBA ISLAND, Ohio (WJW) — The U.S. Coast Guard 9th District was called to rescue at least four people trapped on the ice on Lake Erie on Tuesday afternoon. The call came just after 4:30 p.m ...

OTTAWA COUNTY, Ohio (CBS DETROIT) - The Coast Guard's Air Station Detroit helicopter crew assisted on an ice rescue call Tuesday afternoon in Lake Erie, near Catawba Island State Park in Ottawa ...

Erie is typically the first to freeze. Right now, data shows the lake is 80% covered in ice. Freighters getting stuck in the winter is not uncommon, the Coast Guard said. Several ships already ...

but its challenge getting there is an indication that the prolonged cold spell is creating ice on parts of Lake Erie. While U.S. Coast Guard cutters were busy clearing lanes near Michigan on ...

Winter Weather Advisory: Second round of snow arrives While U.S. Coast Guard ... lake actually keep the water moving, and so it takes longer for ice to form. But where there’s ice — particularly if it ...