According to the National Weather Service, an ice jam happens when chunks of ice clump together to block the flow of a river.

Fortunately we don’t have any flood watches or warnings in effect but it’s not that uncommon to get flooding this time of ...

But at least we're not the only ones being hit by lake-effect storms, according to the story on the magazine's website.

The National Weather Service Buffalo Forecast Office issued a flood watch for Oswego County starting at 1 p.m. Tuesday ...

Expect slippery roads, significant visibility reductions, fallen branches, and even a period of blizzard-like conditions in ...

Lake Erie's devastating lake-effect snow storms can smother communities with collapsed roofs and impassable roads. Could ...

It's been a long winter for much of the United States, with cold and snow common in many places for months. Now that the ...

A lake-effect snowstorm started on Feb. 14 and did not let up until Feb. 19, piling feet of snow on roofs. According to the National Weather Service’s Buffalo office, the highest weekly totals ...

Oswego County continues to dig out from the lake effect storm that struck earlier this week and local officials offer these updates on the clean-up efforts. “Our county departments ...

"The season total stands at 180.9" as of 7am (Thursday)!" Gaylord sits in the heart of the northern Michigan lake effect snow band. Snowfall data for Thursday through Saturday shows the area ...