The special weather statement for Kingston, Belleville, and other places on the lake was issued at 6:45 a.m. Sunday. It warned of winds hitting 90 km/h that could develop Monday afternoon and continue through the day.
Along with our stretch of very cold weather here in Central New York recently, a unique sight has developed along the Lake Ontario shoreline in Oswego: a series of what appear to look like volcanoes at a glance.
Cold air will continue to move across the relatively warm surface waters of Lake Ontario generating lake effect snow east and east southeast of the lake through
Residents, get ready! It looks like blizzard-like conditions will bring damaging winds and up to 20 cm of snow to southern Ontario starting Monday. On Sunday, Environment Canada issued two weather warnings,
The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a "Lake Effect Snow Warning" for Oswego County in northern New York, along the banks of Lake Ontario. Up to 10 inches of heavy snow has been forecast, making travel difficult for many.
The U.S. Coast Guard has requested assistance from the Canadian Coast Guard. CCGS Samuel Risley, a 229-foot icebreaker, is on its way from Windsor.
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.
Heavy amounts of lake-effect snow have buried several Ontario communities this season, with the open lakes and the frigid cold creating a near-constant snow machine.
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.
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.
An Oakville man has been charged after a vehicle ended up in Lake Ontario last weekend, leaving a woman dead, police say.