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Article snippet: GREECE, N.Y. — The wind blowing in from Lake Ontario was picking up, and Evon Dunham knew she needed to be on alert. On her road lined with homes perched on the lake’s edge, the breeze appeared to barely rustle the American flags hanging from every utility pole. But it had the lake churning, slamming water into the barrier behind her home. In just a few hours, her soggy yard had pooled with enough water for ducks to paddle around as if it were a pond. Even so, she was hardly fazed. “This is like a puddle,” Ms. Dunham said as she walked through her yard with her husband, comparing the shallow pool with the surges that have repeatedly flooded her neighborhood this spring. “We’re relieved it’s not what it was the last four times.” In recent months, as Lake Ontario has reached levels that had not been seen in decades, the smallest of the Great Lakes has had the look of a glass of water filled to the brim, ready to spill over from the slightest ripple. Recurring floods across the lake’s southern edge, making up much of New York State’s northern border, have damaged homes, shut down businesses and overwhelmed storm sewer systems. The lake’s encroachment has also been an alarming display of the water’s power as it chews away at the shoreline, mustering enough strength to uproot trees and suck large boulders from breakwalls. The lake, in recent weeks, has climbed to an elevation of nearly 249 feet, more than two feet higher than it was a year ago and edging past the prev... Link to the full article to read more