About a year ago, researchers at the University of Michigan found that the extratropical cyclones that are the biggest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As post-holiday routines return in the first full week of January, Mother Nature will continue throwing atmospheric curveballs at ...

Modern day freighters are massive - the Edmund Fitzgerald stood more than 700 feet long and weighed over 13,000 tons. Today’s ships are designed off the back of generations of shipping on these inland ...

The Great Lakes are bracing for the first heavy snowfall of the season as heavy lake-effect snow makes its way to the region. Some areas could see 1–2 feet of snow, bringing the first signs of what ...

The U.S. Coast Guard is actively conducting icebreaking operations around the Northern Tier of the U.S. to help vessels maneuver through the frozen, icy waters caused by the prolonged extreme cold and ...

The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald on Nov. 10, 1975, was among Great Lakes disasters attributed to "the gales of November," as singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot later described them. November ...

Thick ice grew on Michigan's Great Lakes over the weekend, Feb. 1, and more may develop from this week's Arctic air. See the current coverage.

As post-holiday routines return into the first full week of January, Mother Nature will continue throwing atmospheric curveballs at the Great Lakes and Northeast in the form of wintry weather, warn ...