Lake effect snow – created when cold air masses move across the relatively warmer lake waters – can transform the landscape into a winter wonderland in mere hours. While this might deter some visitors ...

Lake Tahoe mountains got a rare June snowstorm, surprising locals just after the summer solstice and dusting Palisades Tahoe with fresh snow.

On Thursday, the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services said it continues to monitor the harmful algal bloom on Lake Hartwell.

The weight of the wet lake-effect snow toppled an approximately 100-by-30-foot section above the bowling lanes on Camp Road shortly after 3:20 a.m. today, according to Town of Hamburg police reports.

A harmful algal bloom has been confirmed at Paradise Camp on Herrington Lake, with additional bloom activity also reported near Tanyard Branch, also known as Redgate.

Documentarian Ken Burns and his team discuss their new series exploring the country’s founding and war for independence on this 250th anniversary.

We thought the lake-effect snow season was over. Our hopes, apparently, rested on thin ice. An unexpected round of lake-effect snow pelted metro Buffalo most of Wednesday. It snarled traffic, ...

According to the NWS, the beach hazard statement applies to beaches along Erie, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula counties in Ohio. The warning is in effect at least through Saturday evening.

The Edmond Police Department reports that parts of Lake Arcadia are closed due to flooding on Saturday morning.

Canadian mining firms Hudbay Minerals and SSR Mining said on Wednesday they had temporarily suspended operations in their respective mines that were close to wildfires in parts of the country.

Six defendants indicted in Operation Lake Effect enter guilty pleas to drug charges in U.S. District Courts in Johnstown and Pittsburgh.