The high swim risk comes hours after a series of severe thunderstorms quickly swept across the Chicago area, leaving behind downed trees and thousands of power outages as storm cleanup continues.

Chicago's Lake Michigan beaches face hazardous conditions with high waves and rip currents; public advised to be cautious.

Lake Michigan water temperatures were hovering around 40 degrees while the air temperature was 5 below zero. As the relatively warm water evaporates, it quickly condenses in the frigid air into a ...

Aerial view, looking north, of Chicago, Illinois. (Interim Archives/Getty Images) For residents of Chicago's South Side, the beaches of Lake Michigan have long been a source of neighborhood pride ...

Currently, the Lake Michigan water level is 581.2 feet, which is four inches lower than last December. That's only 14 inches away from the all-time high set back in 1986, and 5 feet 2 inches ...

The victim, a 28-year-old man, was pulled from the lake at the 3900 block of South DuSable Lake Shore Drive near Burnham Park about 9:50 a.m., according to Chicago police. The […] Skip to content ...