Overview

• National Weather Service beach hazard statements remain active today for Ohio’s Lake Erie shoreline and multiple Lake Michigan counties, cautioning of high waves and dangerous currents.
• A Small Craft Advisory from Toledo to Conneaut runs through 11 p.m. Thursday, with northeast winds of 15 to 20 knots building waves up to about 6 feet.
• People are urged to stay out of the water and off piers due to a high rip current risk, with guidance to swim parallel to shore if caught in a current.
• Cleveland-area authorities recovered brothers Austin Labbe, 22, and Trent Sanchez, 19, after a multi-day search that began when they were swept from Huntington Beach.
• Forecasters note a chance of waterspouts through Thursday morning and predict elevated E. coli at Edgewater and Villa Angela, with lake conditions gradually improving later Thursday night.