Rising Great Lakes Have Homeowners Moving Back from Water; Millions in Damages

Aerial view of the northside of CHciago

It took less than eight hours for wind-whipped waves surging off a record-high Lake Michigan during a recent storm to shorten Charlotte and Rudolf Brengel’s backyard by 40 feet. The erosion transformed what was a grassy slope to the shoreline into a cliff with a 12-foot drop, taking out a lakeside deck and stopping about… Continue reading Rising Great Lakes Have Homeowners Moving Back from Water; Millions in Damages