Australia experiencing spike in drownings as summers heat up

Lifesavers issue warning over risky behaviour and poor swimming ability after 10% rise in deaths in 2018-19

More Australians are drowning as the country faces record high temperatures, lifesavers have warned.

There were 276 drowning deaths in 2018-19, a 10% increase from the previous financial year, the annual report from the Royal Life Saving Society found.

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