Overview

• Beach hazards statements are active Wednesday for western Michigan counties including Allegan, Van Buren, Muskegon, Ottawa, Mason and Oceana, with 2–5 foot waves and piers at risk of swamping.
• A beach hazards statement and small craft advisory cover Ohio’s Lake Erie shoreline, with a high rip-current risk in Cuyahoga, Lake and Ashtabula from Wednesday evening through late Thursday.
• Forecasters expect northeast winds of 15–20 knots and waves up to 6 feet on Lake Erie, note a chance of waterspouts through Thursday morning, and say conditions should gradually improve late Thursday night.
• Officials urge people to stay out of the water and off piers and breakwalls, advising swimmers caught in a rip current to avoid fighting it, float or tread water, and signal for help.
• Cleveland crews recovered a man’s body near Edgewater Beach and continue searching for two missing brothers after separate incidents, while models predict E. coli above federal limits at Edgewater and Villa Angela.