Irondequoit, N.Y. — Officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation hosted an open house Tuesday to discuss updated flood maps ...

The New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has released new flood maps for Lake Ontario. The DEC created the maps to help local officials to better prepare for high water events.

Lake Ontario's waters were rising fast one day this spring as Cheryl and Bob Stevens reluctantly moved the handcrafted oak furnishings and first-floor belongings in their Hamlin lake front home to ...

Syracuse, N.Y. -- After four years of turbulence, Rick Cavallaro is looking for something like normalcy this year at his place on Port Bay, on Lake Ontario. Record-high levels in Lake Ontario in 2017 ...

Oswego, NY -- Lake Ontario is the most stressed of the five Great Lakes, a new study that maps environmental threats to the lakes shows. The study by the Great Lakes Environmental Assessment and ...

Catherine WheelerHow climate change is driving shoreline erosion on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River In the summer of 2019, Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River rose about three feet above ...

The International Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Board has announced that as of July 31, the Canadian Drought Monitor shows the Lake Ontario and upper St. Lawrence River regions are experiencing a ...

Be prepared to set sail on Lake Ontario! American Cruise Lines has set up three itineraries from May through August 2026 and ...

Water levels along the St. Lawrence River are so low after a dry summer and fall that boats have been left in the riverbed.