A camera mounted on a buoy in Lake Michigan last weekend shows what it would be like in very rough conditions.

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (WSBT) — Beachgoers were told to stay out of Lake Michigan on Monday due to strong rip currents and high waves. Each year WSBT 22 reports on drownings occurring on this lake. The ...

Dangerous swimming conditions are expected Saturday, July 5, along Lake Michigan beaches due to high waves and strong currents. Swimming conditions are expected to improve on Sunday, July 6. While ...

The Great Lakes region is being drenched by persistent lake-effect rains off Lake Michigan. Cold air moving over the warmer ...

Dangerous swimming conditions are expected in Lakes Michigan, Huron, and Superior due to large waves and strong currents. A high swim risk is in effect for Lake Superior beaches in Marquette and Alger ...

A fast-moving cold front will not only bring a threat of showers and thunderstorms to the Chicago area, but could create life-threatening conditions on Lake Michigan. The National Weather Service says ...

“Strong currents can pull swimmers into deeper water and high waves can batter and exhaust swimmers trying to swim back to land,” the National Weather Service Grand Rapids office cautioned in a ...

A Small Craft Advisory for Lake Michigan is going to ramp up into a Gale Warning along the length of the big lake by early Friday. High winds are forecast to create gusty conditions and big waves - up ...

Lake Michigan is especially prone to rip currents, which are powerful currents of water moving away from the shore, and they can sweep even the strongest swimmer away from shore. According to the ...

In a video, you watch the power of a Lake Michigan rip current pulling two swimmers out of safety at Michigan City’s beach on Sunday, July 20 — then lifeguards swimming out to save them. But it wasn’t ...