The victims had ventured into the waves at various beaches despite high seas stirred up by strong winds that formed perilous underwater swells.
Tag: Drownings
‘A Special Sadness’: Floods Bring Death to a German Care Home
Given no warning and trapped by fast-rising waters, 12 disabled residents of a care home drowned before aid could arrive, shaking Germans everywhere.
1921: An Adopted Son of the Creator of ‘Peter Pan’ Drowns in a Bathing Pool
When younger, Michael Llewellyn Davies was one of the children to whom J.M. Barrie would tell fairy tales, which led to the iconic stories about the boy who wouldn’t grow up.
Smugglers Throw Migrants Overboard; at Least 20 Are Feared Drowned
Several times in recent years, migrants trying to cross between Djibouti and Yemen have been thrown into the sea.
U.K. Diplomat Is Praised in China After Saving Drowning Woman
Relations between Britain and China are tense, but Stephen Ellison, the British consul general in Chongqing, was hailed as a hero for rescuing a woman who had fallen into a river.
At Least 74 Drown in Wreck Off Libya, U.N. Agency Says
A rubber raft crowded with at least 120 migrants sank in the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday. The craft was on a notoriously dangerous route for refugees trying to reach European shores.
Dozens Die When Migrant Boat Capsizes in Mediterranean
At least 45 people drowned or were missing and presumed dead off the coast of Libya, the U.N. said Wednesday.
At Least 32 Dead as Boat Capsizes in Bangladesh
Search efforts were continuing after a passenger ship was struck by a ferry near a busy port in Dhaka, the capital.
Boat Packed With Rohingya Refugees Capsizes Off Bangladesh
At least 15 people drowned, reports said. One official said the 50-person boat was carrying 130 away from refugee camps.
Tourists Drowned at Pool in Spain Because They Couldn’t Swim, Police Say
A father and two children, ages 9 and 16, who died in a pool at a resort on the Costa del Sol, found themselves in deep water and unable to get out, the authorities said.