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Adding water to a kid's day is always a surefire recipe for fun.

A gull looked out from a perch and surveyed Lake Michigan’s southern shore. With a turn of its head, the bird clocked visitors in search of beach glass, a boy to the right rolling down the dunes and a brave spring swimmer fully submerged. A long sweep of sand under a bright sky called out to the Memorial Day crowd. Lake Michigan is easing up — after swallowing shorelines, flooding coasts and breaking records — and just in time for beach season. Levels have lowered from record highs as part of an overall Great Lakes downswing. The receding water has been welcomed by some beach t...

With lake levels dropping, some Lake Michigan beaches are making a comeback — just in time for summer Morgan Greene, Chicago Tribune © Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune A birder explores the Montrose Beach Dunes on April 7, 2021. A gull looked out from a perch and surveyed Lake Michigan’s southern shore. With a turn of its head, the bird clocked visitors in search of beach glass, a boy to the right rolling down the dunes and a brave spring swimmer fully submerged. A long sweep of sand under a bright sky called out to the Memorial Day crowd. © Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribu...

The shift doesn’t mean shoreline communities are in the clear. Many are still working to preserve what’s left of disappearing bluffs, repair crumbling paths or get ahead of the next rise.

The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for… Southeastern Jefferson County in central Alabama… * Until 145 PM CDT. Metropolitan Stadium, or near Bessemer, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE…Radar indicated. to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include… Homewood, Pelham, Mountain Brook, Helena, Chelsea, Brighton, Indian Springs Village, Lipscomb, Oak Mountain State Park, Bluff Park, Oak Mountain Amphitheater, Samford University, Cahaba Heights, Riverchase, ...