{"id":109109,"date":"2026-02-09T14:28:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T14:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/109109\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T14:28:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T14:28:19","slug":"stay-off-the-ice-large-crack-forms-on-lake-erie-over-the-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/109109\/","title":{"rendered":"Stay off the ice! Large crack forms on Lake Erie over the weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CLEVELAND \u2014 It&#8217;s not uncommon to see people walking on frozen Lake Erie this time of year, but if you live near Cleveland, just stay off the ice.<\/p>\n<p>A large crack formed across the lake over the weekend, and thawing temperatures in the coming days may increase its size.<\/p>\n<p>You can see just how big the crack is on the satellite image below:<\/p>\n<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770647299_256_.jpeg\" alt=\"Poster image (2).jpg\"  width=\"1280\" height=\"720\"\/><\/p>\n<p>News 5 Cleveland<\/p>\n<p>Lake Erie may still be 95% frozen, but it&#8217;s only really solid in certain areas, and Cleveland is not one of them. <\/p>\n<p>We told you last week that Cleveland firefighters are staying vigilant for ice rescues. <\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<p>People urged to admire Lake Erie&#8217;s frozen water from a distance, not underfoot<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news5cleveland.com\/news\/local-news\/keep-yourself-safe-people-urged-to-admire-lake-eries-frozen-water-from-a-distance-not-underfoot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">People urged to admire Lake Erie&#8217;s frozen water from a distance, not underfoot<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ice fishing and driving snowmobiles are a favorite winter pastime for those who live on the Lake Erie islands, where the ice is usually more solid. Just don&#8217;t do it if you are near Cleveland.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<p>Adventures on ice: Meet a woman snowmobiling, ice skating, and cooking out on Lake Erie<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news5cleveland.com\/news\/local-news\/adventures-on-ice-meet-a-woman-snowmobiling-ice-skating-and-cooking-out-on-lake-erie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Meet a woman snowmobiling, ice skating, and cooking out on Lake Erie<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Want the latest Power of 5 weather team updates wherever you go? Download the News 5 App free now: <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/id487296004\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple<\/a>|<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.mylocaltv.wews&amp;hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Android<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news5cleveland.com\/radar\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to view our interactive radar.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow the News 5 Weather Team:<\/p>\n<p>Trent Magill: <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TrentMWeather\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> &amp; <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrentMWeather\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a><br \/>Katie McGraw: <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KatieMcgrawx\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> &amp; <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KatieMcGrawx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a><br \/>Phil Sakal: <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MeteorologistPhilSakal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> &amp; <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/psakalwx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a><br \/>Allan Nosoff: <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/awxnyc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> &amp; <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/awxnyc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CLEVELAND \u2014 It&#8217;s not uncommon to see people walking on frozen Lake Erie this time of year, but&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109110,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137,27314,1133],"class_list":["post-109109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-power-of-5-weather","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}