With the warm weather these past few days the ice on the Great Lakes is quickly receding. Here's a look at how the ice cover measured up this winter.

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The ice cover on Lake Erie has melted substantially since peaking last month. The Thursday reading from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory pegs ice coverage at about 49%. It was at more than 95% around Feb. 20 and about 80% a week ago.

The Great Lakes saw more than 50% ice coverage in February. As temperatures warm up, that percentage is falling quickly.

The first walk across Lake Erie from Erie to Canada was reported to be in 1912, when a 19-year-old North East man crossed the frozen lake.

Nature: The thriving coyote is in the Midwest. Lake Erie averages only 62 feet in depth, while smaller Lake Ontario is 283 feet deep on average. Because of its shallowness, Erie a

Many people don’t know that doing small things like jumping into a freezing cold lake can mean so much for another person.”

The Buffalo Common Council's Committee on Community Development is considering whether it wants to publicly oppose wind turbine development in Lake Erie.

The article describes the fluctuating weather patterns in Cleveland, with variable temperatures and potential for rain and gusts.

Great sunset shot from Sandy through the “ice dune bridge” from Sunday night. Next picture from Ray taken Monday, shows what appears to be a lot of ice in the lake beyond Presque Isle.

Here's your full Power of 5 Weather Forecast for Cleveland, Akron, Mansfield, Sandusky, Ashtabula, and Northeast Ohio.

Fishing on the eastern basin Lake Erie ice in early March is not for the faint of heart or the inexperienced. The reason is simple: it’s hard work. It’s dangerous. You need to understand survival, and you need the right tools to travel several miles across wind-blown,