Catalonia Has Been Living the Summer with More Drownings Since 2014
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Civil Protection links the data to the increase of bathers due to heat waves
Catalonia has closed the swimming season for this summer of 2026 with a very worrying figure: 43 deaths and injuries due to drowning, seven of which were minors.
The 2026 bathing campaign in Catalonia closes with a tragic balance of 43 people drowned, which represents the highest number of deaths since at least 2014. The records collected by Civil Protection since the beginning of the season, on June 15, confirm a particularly lucid summer in the Catalan aquatic environment.This global balance far exceeds the previous year's numbers and places mortality again in historical records.The count of 43 deaths …
27 people have drowned on the beach, 11 in swimming pools, and 5 more in inland waters
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