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It will be too dangerous to swim in Lake Michigan off Northwest Indiana on Monday

By FOX 32 Digital Team
Published  June 20, 2021 7:24pm CDT
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One still missing, three rescued after boat capsizes on Lake Michigan

A witness at the harbor in East Chicago told Fox 32 News that they warned the boaters not to go out on the lake, because it was too rough. The water temperature is about 50 degrees right now. Nate Rodgers reports.

GARY, Indiana - If you swim in Lake Michigan off one of Northwest Indiana's beaches on Monday, you will be putting your life at risk.

The National Weather Service said that waves on Lake Michigan will be 3 to 7 feet.

The dangerous swimming conditions will last all day Monday for beaches in Gary, Whiting, East Chicago, Hammond and Michigan City.

On Saturday, a child drowned in Lake Michigan while swimming off the beach in Michigan City. Another child drowned off of Racine, Wisconsin.

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