Six people drowned over the weekend in Australia, adding to the nation's rising death toll at beaches and swimming spots during the festive season. With 33 fatalities in December alone, life savers warn this is the most dangerous time to be in the water.
Six people drowned over the weekend as the national death toll at Australia's beaches and swimming spots continues to climb during the festive season.
during an attempt to rescue his four children in strong currents at Carlton Beach in southern Tasmania.Earlier in the day, a 55-year-old man died after falling 30 metres from the top of a waterfall south of Cairns. "This is obviously a really risky time of year when people are off on holiday, are off work and school, and there's a lot more exposure people going to places that they wouldn't maybe normally go to, or they're going to waterways and cooling down with the heat," she said.
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