{"id":99657,"date":"2026-01-29T11:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T11:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/99657\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T11:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T11:40:09","slug":"great-lakes-ice-surges-in-past-week-lake-erie-almost-frozen-over-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/99657\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Lakes ice surges in past week; Lake Erie almost frozen over | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Arctic cold over the past week has caused ice to rapidly form on all of the Great Lakes.<\/p>\n

Each Great Lake now has more ice cover than the long-term average amount of ice.<\/p>\n

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