Lake Erie water levels are currently rising and expected to continue rising for the next six months. March 2025 levels were near the long-term average, below the 2020 high, and above the 1934 low.

A lake freighter ship has begun to move after it got stuck in ice in the Lake Erie shoreline in the Buffalo River Wednesday morning. It first got stuck around 11:40 a.m. surrounded by a foot of ice.