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'Significant' fencing safety issues at pool where toddler drowned, inquest hears
By Bethanie Alderson

Fencing around the pool where a 19-month-old Adelaide boy drowned had safety issues, including a gate missing a hinge that was kept closed with a bicycle lock, an inquest has heard. Warning: This story contains details some readers may find distressing.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-25/adelaide-inquest-drowning-death-toddler-backyard-pool-safety/107075056

#Courts #Drownings #BethanieAlderson

Teen died from cold shock swimming in Lake District as coroner warns of 'tragic year for water safety'

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/teen-died-cold-shock-swimming-37573546

Body found in search for missing swimmer at North Wollongong
By Penny Burfitt

Belongings found on a popular beach sparks search for missing swimmer who failed to return from the water.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-09/body-found-in-search-for-missing-swimmer-north-wollongong/107014476

#Drownings #PennyBurfitt

So many tragic drownings this year 😔
Is Chat GPT telling people's it's safe for something?

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/23/teenage-girl-and-woman-die-essex-west-mersea-beach

#Essex #Drownings #UK

Western Europe’s early heat wave shatters records

LONDON (AP) — Temperature records have toppled as a spring heatwave continued to scorch parts of Western Europe…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #Climate #Climateandenvironment #Drownings #Eurocopa2024 #France #Generalnews #Health #heatwaves #London #MaudBregeon #RubndelCampo #SophieBrocas #UnitedKingdom #Weather #World #Worldnews
https://www.newsbeep.com/558263/

Shrinking Lifesaver: #CDC Cuts Team Helping End #Black #Drownings

https://wordinblack.com/2025/05/cdc-cuts-water-safety-team/

Gizmodo: Florida Fisherman Saves Drowning Teenager With a Drone. “Rip currents have already killed 11 people in the U.S. this year, but last week, a Florida teenager managed to avoid joining that group after a quick-thinking shark fisherman used his drone to save her.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/25/gizmodo-florida-fisherman-saves-drowning-teenager-with-a-drone/

There have been more than a dozen drowning deaths in Houston this year so far, according to the Houston Health Department. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/local/2024/08/30/498293/there-have-been-14-drowning-deaths-in-houston-this-year-so-far-raising-concerns-about-pool-safety/

#CityOfHouston #HealthScience #Houston #Local #News #PublicSafety #CityOfHoustonHealthDepartment #DavidPersse #Drownings #WaterSafety

Where have all the #lifeguards gone? Shortage grips #US as #heat rages, #drownings surge

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/07/13/lifeguard-shortage-closes-pools-drowning-increase/74351893007/

Let the Conspiracy Theories Begin: The Obama Family’s Chef Drowns Near Family Home While Paddleboarding
Former President Barack Obama’s personal chef has drowned near the family’s home on Martha’s Vineyard.

Massachusetts State Police confirmed that the paddleboarder whose body
https://newsviews.online/2023/07/24/let-the-conspiracy-theories-begin-the-obama-familys-chef-drowns-near-family-home-while-paddleboarding/
#WingnutWatch #drownings #PersonalChef #TafariCampbell #TheObamaFamily

YouTuber Finds Lost GoPro Video of Man Who Drowned and Returns It to His Family - Rich Abernathy was filming a dive for YouTube when he found an old GoPro partly buried in the muck... more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/21/us/gopro-richard-ragland-death-drowning.html?emc=rss&partner=rss #videorecordingsdownloadsandstreaming #richardl.abernathyiii #divinganddivers #youtube.com #drownings #tennessee #cameras #gopro