Overview

• The National Weather Service has active beach hazards statements in effect until midnight Friday across dozens of shoreline counties on Lakes Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario.
• Advisories span shoreline counties in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York.
• Beach hazards statements warn of high waves, powerful rip currents and strong longshore currents fueled by persistent northeasterly winds.
• Mason and Oceana counties in Michigan face elevated danger from Thursday afternoon until Friday midnight, with piers and breakwalls especially hazardous.
• The warnings aim to prevent further tragedies after 45 drownings have occurred in Great Lakes waters so far this summer.