Powerful winds over Lake Erie on Dec. 29 caused major shifts in water levels, with waves carrying water so high and far that they exposed some of the lake's floor beneath in a phenomenon known as a ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — Powerful winds pushed water out of Lake Erie on Monday, creating a rare phenomenon known as a seiche and exposing parts of the lakebed usually hidden beneath the water. Even after water ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — Powerful wind gusts from a low pressure system are producing a seiche in Lake Erie and the Maumee River on Monday, a phenomenon that exposes the usually-covered floors of these bodies ...

A natural phenomenon, known as a seiche, caused Lake Erie to look like it is vanishing, Ohio officials said. Photo by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Is Lake Erie shrinking? Photos shared by ...

A seiche kicks up when winds kick up. This can make the western basin quite shallow, even empty. Dr. Todd Crail with the University of Toledo studies native mussels in Lake Erie. He said that research ...

A forecast shows the water level on Lake Erie will differ by 11.5 feet (355 cm) tonight from the western to eastern shore. (NOAA) People living on the east shore of Lake Erie may see the lake's water ...

Photos shared by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources on Facebook show low water levels, moving the shoreline a significant distance back. Water levels are lower after a seiche, officials said.