Child drownings spike during heatwaves – and it’s a serious climate justice issue
theconversation.com
As the UK gets hotter, children will seek water to cool down. The real question is why so many have so few places to go.
    • silence7@slrpnk.netOPM
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      3 months ago

      Not knowing how to swim. Having people around who don’t know what drowning looks like. Doing something you shouldn’t like hyperventilating before diving. Going into water where you’re not able to handle the current. Getting swept out by a wave while wearing heavy clothing. It happens.