Powerful storms, intense winds, arctic air and even bursts of warmth all play a role in creating the tumbler of weather the ...

Large Lake Superior waves crash on the Keweenaw Peninsula near Copper Harbor Michigan. Short-period waves, sudden gales and freezing spray turn freshwater into a death trap on the Great Lakes—a ...

From hand-built canoes to massive freighters, violent storms have tested ships for centuries and led to tragedies that ...

The Edmund Fitzgerald changed its route across Lake Superior to protect itself from the violent storm that was coming. It ...

In the fall of 1913, a violent force was unleashed across the Great Lakes. More than a century later, it still goes by many names. All are deadly: The White Hurricane. The Big Blow. The Frozen Fury.

Fifty years after the Great Lakes freighter sank, scientists can explain the weather that still haunts Lake Superior.

The sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald still hits close to home in Wisconsin. Half a century later, the legacy lives on through ...

One huge November storm sank 18 ships and drowned more than 250 sailors on the lakes 62 years before the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in Lake Superior.

A story, a cautionary tale, a legend: Thousands of ships have gone down in the Great Lakes, but none were as infamous as the Edmund Fitzgerald. Today, we’re breaking down what led to this tragedy, and ...