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A mixed bag of precipitation, including snow, rain, and sleet, will inconvenience travelers and last-minute shoppers in Southeast Michigan before Christmas.
The lake-effect snow that has fallen in parts of upstate New York, Pennsylvania and Michigan is the result of cold, moist air that blew over the Great Lakes region.
Lake-effect snow blanketed swaths of the U.S. as Thanksgiving travelers journeyed home this holiday weekend, with more snow expected to fall over the Great Lakes region through the week.
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy is reminding people how important it is to protect our water on National Stormwater Day.
The Climate Prediction Center’s eight to 14-day temperature outlook keeps portions of the Great Lakes, including Michigan, and a trend for above-average temperatures.
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By Sunday, clouds will begin to increase, and temperatures will also increase. Highs will be in the mid- to upper 80s, while lows will only fall to around 70 degrees at night. There is a low chance of a few showers developing at night.
A high-pressure system is dominating the weather conditions over the Great Lakes region. With mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies, highs will be in the lower 80s on Saturday afternoon across Southeast Michigan.
A high-pressure system, which is gliding from the Ohio Valley to the eastern Great Lakes, will help to clear skies Saturday night and Sunday. The air mass will also bring slightly drier air into the region.
The U.S. Coast Guard says a freighter in Lake Superior has hit something underwater and started taking on water.
School officials said harmful algal blooms are increasing due to increased precipitation, more powerful storms and warming Great Lakes waters.
A wooden steamship that went missing 112 years ago with 14 people presumed dead was found at the bottom of Lake Superior.
The objects are from a shipwreck located in Lake Michigan that represent a link to life back sometime in the 1800s.
In Michigan we have the Great Lakes, bumpy cake, Faygo pop and more Coney Island restaurants than you can count...but there is something we’ve always been missing -- a Buc-ee’s convenience store/gas station utopia.
Ice coverage for all the Great Lakes was at historical lows, with the coldest of the lakes — Lake Superior — having just 1% ice coverage as of Tuesday. The historical average is 40%.
An unusually warm winter has left the Great Lakes all but devoid of ice and sent scientists scrambling to understand the possible consequences as climate change accelerates.
There’s hardly any ice on Lake Michigan right now. Same goes for the other Great Lakes. Without ice on the lakes, weather patterns and regional commerce could look entirely different.
After we saw temperatures swings throughout the month of December with a well above average temperature for Christmas, we’ve been keeping an eye on our winter weather changes as we look ahead into the start of 2024.
During a heated public meeting full of emotional testimony, Michigan’s top energy regulator has granted Enbridge a permit to build a tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac, in an important — but not final — step in the controversial project’s approval process.
According to the commission, about four miles of Line 5′s two 20-inch pipelines will be replaced with a single 30-inch pipeline that will be placed inside a concrete-lined tunnel routed under the lake bed.
Residents in White Lake Township are still looking for answers after an explosion at an oil refinery shook nearby homes Friday, Nov. 24.
State and federal wildlife agencies have developed a new weapon to slow down invasive carp across the Great Lakes region: traitor fish.
A deal has been reached to end a week-long strike that had shut down a major shipping artery in the Great Lakes, halting the flow of grain and other goods from the U.S. and Canada.
A 4.5 mile stretch of Enbridge Energy’s Line 5 pipeline that runs under the Straits of Mackinac has sparked anger, lawsuits, and serious concerns about the threat it poses to the Great Lakes.
A strike has shut down all shipping on the St. Lawrence Seaway, interrupting exports of grain and other goods from Canada and the United States via the Great Lakes to the rest the world.
Then, the spring-like weather returns on Tuesday. It will be mostly sunny and milder as a warm air mass positions itself over the Great Lakes. Highs are expected to reach and exceed 70 degrees.
A low-pressure system is bringing rain and wind to the Great Lakes region, and another system is on its heels. Between now and the end of the weekend, some of us will have felt our first freezing temperatures of the season.
A federal judge has approved an updated Great Lakes fishing agreement between four Native American tribes and government agencies.
Sweltering temperatures are lingering in a large swath of the central U.S., causing misery from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes.
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There’s nothing quite like a Pure Michigan summer, especially along the beautiful Great Lakes -- but there’s always the risk of invasive species destroying what we hold dear.
Drifting smoke from the ongoing wildfires across Canada is creating curtains of haze and raising air quality concerns throughout the Great Lakes region, and in parts of the central and eastern United States.
Nearly the entire state of Michigan will be dealing with poor air quality on Tuesday as more wildfire smoke from Canada moves into the region.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms are moving across the region as a weather system spins over the Great Lakes. Some storms could have heavy rain, but thunderstorms are not expected to be severe. The heavy rain will lead to ponding on some roadways.
If you’ve turned on the news in the last few days, you probably already know about the Titan submersible, a submarine of sorts that has been missing since Sunday after a voyage to the wreckage sight of the Titanic.
Hazy skies filled with wildfire smoke settled into the Great Lakes region on Tuesday night, triggering Air Quality Action Days for most of Southeast Michigan.
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Canadian wildfire smoke moving through the Great Lakes region has greatly impacted air quality for Metro Detroit residents.
The state of Michigan is warning residents about summer kills as the weather has been more extreme than usual this time of year.
Hot, dry weather will set up over the Great Lakes region and stay that way for days. Low humidity will keep heat indices close to the actual air temperature.
The U.S. Customs and Boarder Protection’s Office of Field Operations is reminding Michigan boaters with small pleasure vessels of their requirements as we head into summer.
A 640-foot-long Great Lakes freighter made an unexpected visit to Belle Isle on Wednesday after losing power in the Detroit River.
The rain showers and chilly temperatures will being to move out of the region over the next few days
Michigan’s DNR has a few ice safety tips for those that want to go out onto the water on foot or by boat during the warmer days of winter.
A plastics manufacturer reached an agreement with the state to investigate and address hazardous substances known as “forever chemicals” at a former factory in Livingston County, Attorney General Dana Nessel said Monday.
