Drowning

The drowning of a 60-year-old tourist in Hania on Crete on Sunday has brought to the fore the need for more lifesaver cover, as the annual average of such deaths in Greece stands at 359, either while swimming or participating in recreational activities.

The actor was found on Saturday at a Los Angeles home from an apparent drowning

In the eastern province of Van and the neighboring provinces, a squad of 17 members from the Coastal Police are saving the lives of people falling in the lakes, ponds, and rivers.

The squad of the Marine Police consisting of 17 people have intervened in many drowning cases in Van, Hakkari, Bitlis, Ağrı and Iğdır so far.

Drownings at sea remain quite common despite authorities' repeated warnings and guidelines. By July 20, 125 people had drowned at sea in Greece this year, official statistics show.

Of the 125, just two were minors, 18 aged 18-59 and 105 aged 60 and over. Old people have always been most likely to drown. In 2022, 386 people drowned, seven of them in swimming pools.

Diving teams are renewing the search for the two children from the villages of Vezenkovo and Podvis, who drowned in the "Kamchia" dam.

The bodies of the two girls, aged 9 and 14, were not found yesterday.

The incident happened in the afternoon when 5 children of 2 families arrived for a picnic. The children entered the water and started drowning.

A total of 304 people lost their lives by drowning after getting caught in a rip current in the Black Sea between 2012 and 2022, an expert has stated.

Academic Mustafa Serkan Abdüsselam from Giresun University stated that the number of drowning incidents caused by rip currents, commonly known as "pulling currents," has been increasing year by year.

The boys who drowned in Lake Sava were students of the Traffic School in Zemun and the "Lola" Technical School in eleznik, and it is assumed that they were celebrating the end of the school year at Ada Ciganlija.

A search and rescue team in the Central Anatolian province of Kayseri, which has been operating for 25 years and working on a voluntary basis, are determined to save the lives of people, sometimes putting their own lives at risk, across Turkey.

About a week ago, actor Jason Momoa gave a speech to the United Nations (UN).

On September 27, he went one step further in condemning climate action and its consequences, BGNES wrote. The Hawaii-born actor, best known for his role as Aquaman, "condemns" not only world leaders but all of humanity, saying it is "a disease that is infecting our planet."

Brazil-born, Berlin-based pianist, singer and composer Dillon (Dominique Dillon de Byington) is making her Greek debut at the Parnassos Literary Society on Wednesday, October 9.