A massive freighter has become trapped in the thick ice of Lake Erie as an intense deep freeze grips much of the United States. Newsweek has contacted the Coast Guard for comment via email.

Anglers compete on Lake Erie ... a little waves, a little bit of fish,” said Purkey. “It doesn’t get much better than that.” “We’re hoping to get that big fish,” said Schenk.

CLEVELAND - Lake Erie is more than half covered by ice ... Ice that forms from the show generally acts as protection. No ice means more waves pounding the shore all winter long, eroding away ...

Official Lake Erie below-surface water temperatures are in the low 30s off Cleveland. On the surface, we've been flirting with freezing, but wind and waves have prevented ice formation ...

Here are the number of days in recent years with ice coverage at 90%+: A frozen Lake Erie has a big impact on the weather in Northeast Ohio. It results in less cloud cover and thus less lake ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Lake Erie is more than half covered by ice, thanks to our frigid snap. The Great Lake was almost entirely liquid on Jan. 4, when temperatures began dropping. By Jan. 8 ...

Lake Erie is already partially frozen over, but the National Weather Service office in Cleveland says it will be at least 50% to 90% frozen over by next week. Why is this good news? Once the lake ...

A Canadian freighter with 17 people on board got stuck in the ice on Lake Erie while departing Buffalo, according to the Coast Guard, which arrived with icebreaking equipment Thursday to begin ...