Water Closes a Salt Mine Under Lake Erie

6 November 2026

Because of the strong El Niño, this winter in the Great Lakes area promises to be warmer than normal with much less snow.

This is fortunate for northern Ohio because a significant water intrusion on 22 October closed the Morton Salt Mine at Fairport Harbor that’s the main supplier of rock salt for northern Ohio’s roads.

Ryan Sajdak‘s video below illustrates what happened. (Ryan notes that the water-inside-the-mine images were generated by AI.)…

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