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Coronavirus lockdown contributes to horror drowning death season in Australia


Australia has experienced a spike in drowning deaths in the summer of 2020/2021 after fitness levels plunged during Covid lockdowns, a top lifesaver has warned.
At least 55 people have died as a result of drowning this summer alone, compared to just 43 at this time last year.  
According to Liam Krige, the general manager at Life Saving Victoria, the staggering amount of drowning deaths this season is done to dwindling fitness and a blase attitude to the dangers.
The sad reality is that people think it s not going to happen to them, or that they don t need to worry about it, Mr Krige told The Age. ....

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Drowning numbers soar, prompting plea for water safety


Drowning numbers soar, prompting plea for water safety
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Surf Lifesavers watch on as beachgoers are seen at Bronte beach, in Sydney.
Authorities are urging people to be careful on the water after a spate of drownings in Victoria and New South Wales.
The warning comes as a heatwave in south-east Australia sees residents looking for respite in the water.
Seven people have died in Victorian waterways in the past 10 days alone, while several others have drowned in NSW.
In Victoria on Saturday two people died in separate incidents.
In the first incident, a small vessel carrying two men overturned at Anglesea, roughly 100km south-west of Melbourne, along Victoria s Surf Coast. ....

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McLoughlins Beach drowning: Victoria Police retrieve man from surf as state breaks drowning records


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Victorians have been warned to stay safe over the Australia Day long weekend as temperatures soar and the state marks its worst summer drowning toll on record.
A man in his 40s is the latest to die in Victorian waters after he, a woman and a teenage boy were thrown out of their tinnie off Darriman, in Victoria s east, in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Terry Chandler drowned after his tinnie capsized at a beach in East Gippsland.
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The woman and teen were able to make it to shore, but 42-year-old Terry Chandler did not. He was found by the police air wing in waters off McLoughlins Beach, about 60 kilometres from Traralgon, but was unable to be revived. ....

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