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Beach Erosion

VIDEO: Sea swallows beach home in North Carolina

  • Aug 19, 2024

City announces first steps to long-term lake erosion solutions

  • Jan 28, 2022

Chicago shoreline study fully funded with help from feds

  • Jan 27, 2022

Hawaii beaches disappearing amid rising sea levels

  • Nov 1, 2021

Beverly Shores homeowners battle beach erosion

  • Apr 20, 2021

Partnerships seek solutions to protect majesty of Great Lakes

  • Dec 22, 2020

Great Lakes, Lake Michigan shorelines eroded, damaged after years of high water levels

  • Dec 2, 2020

Lake Michigan nearing all-time record-high level

  • Jun 13, 2020

Latest Videos

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City announces plans for long-term lakeshore protection

  • Jan 28, 2022
2:15

Chicago shoreline study fully funded with help from feds

  • Jan 27, 2022
8:45

Mayor Lightfoot discusses funding to protect Chicago shoreline

  • Jan 27, 2022
1:03

Photos show Chicago's disappearing beaches making a comeback

  • Dec 17, 2020
2:09

So Great, So Fragile: Lakefront Erosion

  • Dec 2, 2020
6:50

So Great, So Fragile: Lake Michigan shoreline badly damaged after years of high water levels

  • Dec 1, 2020
1:40

Indiana lakefront communities devastated by erosion, high water levels

  • Mar 7, 2020
2:20

Waves up to 20 feet high batter NW Indiana lakeshore

  • Mar 6, 2020

Latest Stories

Waves up to 20 feet high batter Lake Michigan shore in northwest Indiana

In another rough day in what has been a rough season on the southern tip of Lake Michigan, waves up to 20 feet high battered an already fragmenting shoreline.

  • Mar 7, 2020

A look at Chicago's beaches after this week's winter storm

This week's storm affected parts of Chicago's beaches. ABC 7 took before and after photos at four beaches to show the changes over just a few days.

  • Mar 2, 2020

Record high Lake Michigan water level in January causing serious lakefront erosion damage

Last summer Lake Michigan came inches short of setting a new high level water mark. In January 2020 the first monthly water level record has already been broken, and the resulting soil erosion is having dramatic impacts.

  • Feb 6, 2020

Lake Michigan erosion forces city to close public access at 2 Rogers Park beaches

City officials say Rogers Beach and Howard Beach are no longer salvageable.

  • Jan 17, 2020

Crews begin construction along shore at Juneway Beach to fight erosion in Rogers Park

High waves along the entire Lake Michigan shoreline have caused significant erosion at Chicago beaches, and some of the worst damage is in the Rogers Park neighborhood.

  • Dec 12, 2019