Days after the Gulf Coast was buffeted by record-breaking snowstorms, New York is bracing for several inches of heavy snowfall. The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a "Lake Effect Snow Warning" for Oswego County in northern New York,
Plan on changeable wintry conditions for the Rochester region this Friday. Local lake effect snow will develop over Lake Ontario and occasionally bring some accumulations to parts of Rt. 104 and much of Wayne County into the afternoon.
A woman who died Sunday after being pulled from a vehicle that drove into Lake Ontario at Ashbridges Bay is being remembered as warm, caring person and hardworking colleague.
An Oakville man has been charged after a vehicle ended up in Lake Ontario last weekend, leaving a woman dead, police say.
More than a dozen counties are under a state of emergency as areas of upstate New York could receive multiple feet of snow.
Paramedics later confirmed that six people had been taken to hospital and that one of them, a woman, was in critical condition.
Two people were in a vehicle when it entered the water at Ashbridges Bay Park around 9:30 p.m. on Jan. 19, say police.
More than 650,000 people in New York and parts of Pennsylvania remain under Lake-Effect Snow Warnings after 14-24 inches of snow already blanketed parts of the region.
One person is in hospital in critical condition after a vehicle went into Lake Ontario near Ashbridges Bay on Sunday night.
Lake Ontario’s low water levels are largely due to the effects of Lake Superior’s poor conditions. The record-low ice cover led to massive evaporation, and droughts left Superior with insufficient recharge (the process that replenishes lakes, thanks to precipitation and surface runoff), impacting all downstream lakes.
The Doug Ford government is pushing for a prospecting rush across northern Ontario, leaving a blanket of mineral claims on land where First Nations are still fighting for title.
Snow squall warnings still ongoing across parts of Ontario, with local accumulations possibly reaching 40 cm. Bursts of snow will also continue to reach the Greater Toronto Area at times