Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Gabriel Lambooy, 3, chases after a plastic bag as his mother, Briana Lambooy, and 4-year-old brother, Theo, play at Ogden Dunes Beach at Ogden Dunes in Portage Township, Indiana, on May 14, 2021. Erosion in recent years required the placement of boulders along the beach to protect homes, but more beachfront has appeared in 2021.
Gabriel Lambooy, 3, chases after a plastic bag as his mother, Briana Lambooy, and 4-year-old brother, Theo, play at Ogden Dunes Beach at Ogden Dunes in Portage Township, Indiana, on May 14, 2021. Erosion in recent years required the placement of boulders along the beach to protect homes, but more beachfront has appeared in 2021.
Gabriel Lambooy, 3, walks to the water on Ogden Dunes Beach at Ogden Dunes in Portage Township, Indiana, on May 14, 2021.
Gabriel Lambooy, 3, walks to the water on Ogden Dunes Beach at Ogden Dunes in Portage Township, Indiana, on May 14, 2021.
Briana Lambooy watches son Gabriel, 3, while playing on Ogden Dunes Beach in Portage Township, Indiana on May 14, 2021.
Briana Lambooy watches son Gabriel, 3, while playing on Ogden Dunes Beach in Portage Township, Indiana on May 14, 2021.
A jogger on Ogden Dunes Beach at Ogden Dunes in Portage Township, Indiana.
A jogger on Ogden Dunes Beach at Ogden Dunes in Portage Township, Indiana.
A swimmer enters the water on Ogden Dunes Beach in Portage Township, Indiana.
A swimmer enters the water on Ogden Dunes Beach in Portage Township, Indiana.
Boulders for erosion line Ogden Dunes in Portage Township, Indiana, May 14, 2021. Beach erosion in recent years required the placement of boulders to protect homes, but more beachfront has appeared in 2021.
Boulders for erosion line Ogden Dunes in Portage Township, Indiana, May 14, 2021. Beach erosion in recent years required the placement of boulders to protect homes, but more beachfront has appeared in 2021.
Beachgoers walk past boulders, an exposed retaining wall and a damaged walking path on Ogden Dunes Beach at Ogden Dunes in Portage Township, Indiana.
Beachgoers walk past boulders, an exposed retaining wall and a damaged walking path on Ogden Dunes Beach at Ogden Dunes in Portage Township, Indiana.
Sand erosion is visible along West Beach in Portage, Indiana, on May 14, 2021.
Sand erosion is visible along West Beach in Portage, Indiana, on May 14, 2021.
An erosion-ravaged sidewalk ends abruptly at the Portage Lakefront and Riverwalk Pavilion in Portage, Indiana, on May 14, 2021.
An erosion-ravaged sidewalk ends abruptly at the Portage Lakefront and Riverwalk Pavilion in Portage, Indiana, on May 14, 2021.
A woman and man walk along sand compacted by earth-moving equipment used to establish a retaining wall of boulders at the Portage Lakefront and Riverwalk Pavilion in Portage, Indiana, on May 14, 2021.
A woman and man walk along sand compacted by earth-moving equipment used to establish a retaining wall of boulders at the Portage Lakefront and Riverwalk Pavilion in Portage, Indiana, on May 14, 2021.
Breanna Hume collects shells and rocks along West Beach in Portage, Indiana, on May 14, 2021.
Breanna Hume collects shells and rocks along West Beach in Portage, Indiana, on May 14, 2021.
Holly Hume walks her dog, Ronnie, along West Beach in Portage, Indiana, on May 14, 2021.
Holly Hume walks her dog, Ronnie, along West Beach in Portage, Indiana, on May 14, 2021.
Diane Williams and David Gatz talk about the water level along New Buffalo Beach in New Buffalo, Michigan, on May 14, 2021.
Diane Williams and David Gatz talk about the water level along New Buffalo Beach in New Buffalo, Michigan, on May 14, 2021.
Tire tracks lead to people sitting near the water on New Buffalo Beach in New Buffalo, Michigan, on May 14, 2021.
Tire tracks lead to people sitting near the water on New Buffalo Beach in New Buffalo, Michigan, on May 14, 2021.
Christine Stephens, left, and Bonnie Smith search for sea glass along New Buffalo Beach in New Buffalo, Michigan, on May 14, 2021.
Christine Stephens, left, and Bonnie Smith search for sea glass along New Buffalo Beach in New Buffalo, Michigan, on May 14, 2021.
Two women sit at Oakwood Beach on Chicago's South Side, May 20, 2021.
Two women sit at Oakwood Beach on Chicago’s South Side, May 20, 2021.
Trey Bennett spreads sand at Sunrise Beach on May 18, 2021, in Lake Bluff. The Lake Bluff Park District is replacing sand lost to erosion over the winter.
Trey Bennett spreads sand at Sunrise Beach on May 18, 2021, in Lake Bluff. The Lake Bluff Park District is replacing sand lost to erosion over the winter.