Above: Satellite view of the Great Lakes ... maximum ice cover was a mere 12.9%—with a “high ice cover year”, 2014, when ice cover went as high as 92.5%. In Figure 2 below, the map on ...

ANN ARBOR, MI — Severe cuts proposed at the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) would shutter a ...

"Crews are facing widespread outages caused by broken poles, downed wires, and fallen trees," Great Lakes Energy said. "Heavy ice accumulation has brought trees down onto power lines and roadways ...

Freezing rain brought down trees and power lines in Michigan and Wisconsin, cutting electricity for thousands of people Sunday in the upper Great Lakes region ... a look at the current active ...

Wind turbines in the Great Lakes have the potential to produce huge amounts of clean energy in one of the most popular ...

cutting electricity for thousands of people Sunday in the upper Great Lakes region, while forecasters said severe weather was on its way to Tennessee. Winds topping 70 mph (112 kph) were possible ...

"They are a fantastic wind resource, if you look at the wind maps," said Keating. Great Lakes wind speeds are comparable ... of Lake Ontario also has no ice in winter, avoiding another problem.

A deadly tornado outbreak ripped through the South and Midwest Wednesday and Thursday, destroying homes and neighborhoods, damaging vehicles, bringing down trees and utility lines and knocking out ...