Great Lakes

Lake Ontario hovers 16 inches above its long-term average, with a bleak forecast from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

"This is an international entity and it is going to be a difficult case for us to make. But it is a last resort, we have tried everything else. It is a cry for help from the state of New York."

Acting administrator for the Federal Emergency Management Agency Pete Gaynor toured some of the flooding damage along the Lake Ontario shoreline.

"While there are shipping interests and energy interests and environmental interests, the human interest, specifically, the residents and business owners along the shore are first and foremost in my mind."

The Army Corps of Engineers announced it doesn't expect the water in the Great Lakes to go down too much, too soon.

A new report titled "Great Lakes Revival" tells the story of how Buffalo and other rust-belt cities reclaimed their waters.

"This is a species that was incredibly abundant and then were overfished for many years, then impacts of dams and pollution. Now they still persist, but they’re about 1% of their historic numbers."

The opinion runs contrary to those people which have placed the blame on the work of an international commission.

"Maybe if they have the right conditions, they can do a nature-based shoreline approach, where they work in shoreline plants and rock rubble."

The federal government’s congressional watchdog agency is taking a look at a controversial plan that helps adjust water levels on Lake Ontario.