A water safety advocate who lost her son and husband in a drowning says while there has been a decrease in deaths last year, there are still too many. There were 72 drowning deaths recorded last year ...

Limpopo province is grappling with heavy rains and severe flooding that caused widespread damage including the destruction of low-water bridges and a rise in drowning incidents. The heavy rainfall ...

An inquest into the tragic death of mother-of-two Stephanie Sweeney was held at Sligo Courthouse on Monday. The court heard how she was in a distressed state in the minutes before she jumped into ...

The parents of Tate Holtzman, the 3-year-old who died by drowning at Smugglers’ Notch Resort in 2023 while attending a licensed daycare program, have reached a settlement agreement with the resort.

The 23-year-old German student rescued from drowning during a surf lesson on the Costa Caparica on Saturday has died in hospital. The young woman’s prognosis was given as ‘reserved’ after the rescue – ...

An ex-NYPD cop died in an apparent drowning while surfing in the icy waters off Long Island’s Gilgo Beach over the weekend, cops said. Jack Shapiro, 54, of Holbrook — who officials say retired ...

Emergency services were called to Wappa Falls yesterday after 17-year-old Honour Ward fell off a waterfall and her friend, Beau Liddell, also 17, jumped in to try to help her. (Nine) A 17-year-old ...

WHO states that almost half of all drowning deaths occur among people below the age of 29 years, and a quarter occur among children under the age of five years. The organisation warns that ...

Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad detectives are investigating the death of a man pulled unresponsive from the water in Babylon on Jan. 19. Marine Bureau officers responded to Gilgo Beach after a ...

Wappa Falls has been the site of several tragedies over the years, with a father drowning in 2022 trying to save his son who had fallen into the water. More than 30 people have drowned around the ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Four tourists have drowned off the eastern coast of the Dominican Republic ...

Few things capture the heart of a Bengali quite like the hilsa, a fish that evokes not just culinary delight but cultural pride. It swims through the ‘lifeblood’ of India and Bangladesh, appearing at ...