Taking trash out: New litter boom to help clean water near Erie Water Works storm outfall

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During Drinking Water Week, Erie Water Works and Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful teamed up to install a 50-foot water litter boom next to the Erie Water Works station. A litter boom is a large floating barrier […]

During Drinking Water Week, Erie Water Works and Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful teamed up to install a 50-foot water litter boom next to the Erie Water Works station. A litter boom is a large floating barrier […]

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Storm damage closes island with iconic Lake Michigan lighthouse

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Several areas in Wisconsin continue to recover today from the weekend’s historic heavy rainfall and flash flooding. Storm damage shut down Cana Island, a Lake Michigan island known for its […]

Several areas in Wisconsin continue to recover today from the weekend’s historic heavy rainfall and flash flooding. Storm damage shut down Cana Island, a Lake Michigan island known for its […]

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Storm damage closes island with iconic Lake Michigan lighthouse

Fond du Lac swimmers brave Lake Superior waters in Edmund Fitzgerald memorial swim

Fond du Lac swimmers brave Lake Superior waters in Edmund Fitzgerald memorial swim
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To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald going down during a violent Lake Superior storm in November of 1975, dozens of swimmers braved those same waters to […]
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald going down during a violent Lake Superior storm in November of 1975, dozens of swimmers braved those same waters to […]
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Giant waves are forecast on Lake Huron. How high the waves will get

Giant waves are forecast on Lake Huron. How high the waves will get
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Mariners, boaters and lakeside communities are preparing across the region as strong winds from a storm system heading for Michigan are expected to create monster waves on the Great Lakes […]
Mariners, boaters and lakeside communities are preparing across the region as strong winds from a storm system heading for Michigan are expected to create monster waves on the Great Lakes […]
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Giant waves are forecast on Lake Huron. How high the waves will get

Restoration of historical site improves quality of life for Portage, Wisconsin residents

Restoration of historical site improves quality of life for Portage, Wisconsin residents
Great Lakes Echo

By Joshua Kim

Following the completion of segments 1 and 2 of the Portage Canal, local residents and visitors can use the historic site and its amenities following years of disrepair.

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By Joshua Kim

Following the completion of segments 1 and 2 of the Portage Canal, local residents and visitors can use the historic site and its amenities following years of disrepair.

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Two weather warnings hit London as another wintry wallop looms

Two weather warnings hit London as another wintry wallop looms
The London Free Press
Heavy snowfall was expected to hit London and surrounding communities in the wee hours of Wednesday, a storm that Environment Canada expected could continue into the afternoon. The snowfall warning – colour-coded yellow, the least-severe – was delivered Tuesday evening with a simultaneous warning of freezing drizzle as winter-like cold weather grips the region. The […]
Heavy snowfall was expected to hit London and surrounding communities in the wee hours of Wednesday, a storm that Environment Canada expected could continue into the afternoon. The snowfall warning – colour-coded yellow, the least-severe – was delivered Tuesday evening with a simultaneous warning of freezing drizzle as winter-like cold weather grips the region. The […]
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Two weather warnings hit London as another wintry wallop looms

Storm closes London area schools, causes havoc on highways

Storm closes London area schools, causes havoc on highways
The London Free Press
Schools in Middlesex, Oxford and Elgin counties are closed following an overnight dump of heavy snow that coated area roads, with more snow on the way. The Thames Valley and London District Catholic school boards said Wednesday morning all schools outside London are closed. London schools are open and buses are running, the boards said. […]
Schools in Middlesex, Oxford and Elgin counties are closed following an overnight dump of heavy snow that coated area roads, with more snow on the way. The Thames Valley and London District Catholic school boards said Wednesday morning all schools outside London are closed. London schools are open and buses are running, the boards said. […]
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Storm closes London area schools, causes havoc on highways

Another day, another weather warning for the London region

Another day, another weather warning for the London region
The London Free Press
The London region was expected to finally get some relief by Tuesday afternoon from the latest winter storm that began walloping the area one day prior. Environment Canada’s orange warning – the second-most serious of the agency’s colour-coded warning system – was updated Tuesday morning at about 5:15 a.m., and warned that snow squalls could […]
The London region was expected to finally get some relief by Tuesday afternoon from the latest winter storm that began walloping the area one day prior. Environment Canada’s orange warning – the second-most serious of the agency’s colour-coded warning system – was updated Tuesday morning at about 5:15 a.m., and warned that snow squalls could […]
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Another day, another weather warning for the London region

Lake Erie water levels changed by wind, reveal hidden items on bottom

Lake Erie water levels changed by wind, reveal hidden items on bottom
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A bomb cyclone winter storm brought wind gusts over 50 mph to much of Michigan and those winds pushed water out of western Lake Erie in a massive way exposing […]
A bomb cyclone winter storm brought wind gusts over 50 mph to much of Michigan and those winds pushed water out of western Lake Erie in a massive way exposing […]
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Lake Erie water levels changed by wind, reveal hidden items on bottom

Mystery solved: Ann Arbor says foamy substance was nature creating a bubble bath

Mystery solved: Ann Arbor says foamy substance was nature creating a bubble bath
Great Lakes Commission
In Ann Arbor, Michigan, a street experienced a strange phenomenon when a mysterious foamy substance was spilling out of a storm sewer, which the city revealed is caused by the […]
In Ann Arbor, Michigan, a street experienced a strange phenomenon when a mysterious foamy substance was spilling out of a storm sewer, which the city revealed is caused by the […]
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Mystery solved: Ann Arbor says foamy substance was nature creating a bubble bath
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