On an April afternoon in 2018, the scene from the shore of a Lake Michigan beach town suddenly changed. There was a pier jutting out into the lake toward a lighthouse. And then, everything was water.

SAN FRANCISCO — A freak wave killed seven people in Chicago on a sunny day on the shore of Lake Michigan nearly 60 years ago. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In case you missed it, there was an earthquake in Lake Michigan miles off of Wisconsin's shoreline — a very uncommon event in the ...

The Lake Michigan meteotsunami reached high water marks and flooded beaches in Ludington, Michigan on April 13, 2018. (Debbie Maglothin/NOAA) On the afternoon of April 13, 2018, a large wave of water ...

It's not just earthquakes that can trigger tsunamis. The National Weather Service (NWS) says that from time to time, weather-generated tsunamis, known as a meteotsunami, can be caused by air pressure ...

A June 21 storm caused significant water level changes in Lake Superior, particularly in Whitefish Bay. The event involved a meteotsunami, storm surge, and seiche activity. While the Great Lakes don't ...

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — There is a special kind of wave that can hit the shores of Rhode Island, and this wave is all about the weather. It’s called a meteotsunami. “There is a different kind ...