As summer weather heats up, fun-seekers across California are heading to lakes, rivers and the ocean to cool off. The increase in temperatures has coincided with a recent rash of water-related deaths ...

An average of nearly 30 people die in Colorado waters each year, with a record of 42 water-related deaths occurring in 2022. The majority of those deaths took place during recreational water ...

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