The International Lake Ontario St. Lawrence River Board says Lake Ontario water levels will continue to rise this spring while it tries to deal with a major flood event in the lower St. Lawrence River. The regulating board says it’s trying to balance high levels upstream on Lake Ontario and the upper St. Lawrence […]
Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo is calling on the International Joint Commission to immediately act to lower high water levels on Lake Ontario. Winter is when the water levels are at their lowest, but this year they’re approaching the same levels as the winter of 2017. Heavy rains and snow melt caused record high […]
The international panel that regulates Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River says Lake Ontario has peaked for the spring, nearly two feet lower than the record-high levels that caused last year’s spring flooding. The Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Board says Lake Ontario peaked at the end of May at just over 247 feet […]