At least nine people, most of them teenagers and children, have died in separate water-related incidents across the UK during the recent heatwave and Bank Holiday weekend, according to a BBC report. The deaths have triggered urgent warnings from water safety experts, who are calling for immediate action to educate young people about the dangers of open water before the summer holidays begin.
The fatalities were reported from lakes, dams, rivers and beaches across England and Ireland as soaring temperatures drove people to open water spots to cool off.
