With less than 15% of the lakes currently mapped at high resolution, the project aims to enhance understanding and preservation of the lakes.

After recent wild weather, Metro Detroit deserves this calm start to September and meteorological fall. Plus, we will have great weather for Labor Day.

Rhode Island was the safest, with only a 3% fatality rate, while Wyoming had the fewest accidents reported.

Rain arrives during the overnight hours on Thursday and looks to continue off and on for at least a few days.

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.

Recent testing done by the Detroit Health Department has found high values of E. coli in the water.

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.

Michigan residents recycled at a record rate in 2023, state officials announced Monday.

The U.S. Coast Guard says a freighter in Lake Superior has hit something underwater and started taking on water.

The J.W. Westcott II is home to the only floating ZIP code in the country.

School officials said harmful algal blooms are increasing due to increased precipitation, more powerful storms and warming Great Lakes waters.

Cruise ships have become more popular on the Great Lakes over the past few years, and there’s no sign of the booming business slowing down anytime soon.

The projection is there will be an estimated 20,000 passengers and 600 port visits across Michigan’s six ports of call -- a 50% increase.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection wants international boaters to remember and follow reporting requirements when they’re in the Great Lakes region.

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.

There are several reasons why this might be the “golden age” of shipwreck searching.

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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.

Winter is loosening its grip on Metro Detroit again as temperatures return to above normal.

According to Great Lakes Ice Tracker, ice cover on the Great Lakes was at a record low of 3.1%, eclipsing the previous Feb. 11 record of 6.5% set in 2012.

Elevated levels of some chemicals were found downstream from the release location, but they are not expected to impact humans.

A World War II era shipwreck dating back to 1940 was discovered more than 600 feet below the surface of Lake Superior.

The upper Midwest has experienced some of the nation’s strongest winter warming trends since 1970.

Southeast Michigan has more sunshine on the way as a high-pressure system over the Great Lakes limits cloud development.

Metro Detroit is getting a cloudy and warmer-than-average start to Friday.

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.

A winter storm will impact the Great Lakes region with multiple weather concerns in Metro Detroit.

The chance for light snow continues this weekend ahead of a more impactful system on Tuesday and Wednesday.

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.

Winter is beginning on a mild note in Metro Detroit, and the above-average temperatures are not going anywhere soon.

Rain is moving into Michigan, which is the start of impactful weather that will last through Monday.

After the 15th most dry November on record in Detroit, December is beginning on a wet note.

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.

It has been 48 years since the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior.

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.

Forget a white Christmas, parts of Michigan will be enjoying a white Halloween!

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.

We will have clearer skies, but the changing conditions will also bring cold air.

If you love cold, snowy winters, don’t get your hopes up in Michigan this upcoming season.

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.

If you love cold, snowy winters, don’t get your hopes up in Michigan this upcoming season.

The Michigan DNR has stocked more than nine million fish so far in 2023.

There is a constant battle in the Great Lakes to combat the sea lamprey population.

A federal judge has approved an updated Great Lakes fishing agreement between four Native American tribes and government agencies.

The heat is picking up again as the end of summer nears, and we could see some of the hottest weather that we have had all season.

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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Anywhere from dozens to over 100 drownings have been reported each year across the five Great Lakes in the last decade.

Happy Lake Superior Day!

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.

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Around 106 meteotsunamis are observed in the great lakes each year, although many are too small to notice.

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.

Metro Detroit weather forecast for Monday, June 12, 2023.

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.

When beachgoers see double red flags, the DNR said they should know it means “do not enter the water” because of dangerous conditions.

Michigan lighthouses have been shining a light on the Great Lakes for centuries.

As the smoke alters our skies with a smoky haze and a sun that looks deep orange and red, our own fire risk is elevating.

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.

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There are 17 species of invasive fish that Michigan officials are monitoring.

The rain showers and chilly temperatures will being to move out of the region over the next few days

Bell’s Brewery, out of Kalamazoo, has announced a Lager in an effort to spread awareness of protecting the Great Lakes.

Forecast for Wednesday, April 12, 2023.

The Detroit River is a busy shipping lane, but there weren't a lot of ports available until now.

Federal officials are delaying a decision on whether to approve an oil pipeline tunnel in a Great Lakes waterway.

I’m a Great Lakes lover and so for the past few weeks, I’ve been saying to anyone who would listen that I’m unnerved by the lack of ice on Lake Huron.

The wave of public electric transportation in Michigan has made its way up north to Mackinac Island.

According to Great Lakes Ice Tracker, ice cover on the Great Lakes was at a record low of 7.5%, eclipsing the previous Feb. 12 record of 8.5% set in 2012.

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.

Our focus now shifts to the potential for accumulating snow this weekend.

A cooler start to your Friday morning with temperatures in the 20s. We anticipate more snow chances later this afternoon and evening (mainly after 4 p.m.) as a clipper system sweeps across the Great Lakes.

A study shows that only two of the five Great Lakes have an ecosystem that is considered “good.”

Four Native American tribes have agreed with Michigan and federal officials on a revised fishing policy for parts of three of the Great Lakes, officials said Monday.

Rebecca’s Michigan Store is a small shop in Northville that spends the entire year highlighting Michigan goods.

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It has been 47 years since the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior.

It has been 46 years since the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior.

The public will keep the right to use Indiana’s Lake Michigan shoreline for recreation as the U.S. Supreme Court won’t consider arguments from nearby property owners who claimed they also owned the beach.

We’re getting a sneak peek at what this winter season could like -- and feel like -- in Michigan.

There’s always a Michigan connection.

A public forum will be held tonight with officials regarding the August hexavalent chromium spill in the Huron River.