To protect the occupants from the elements, tarpaulins are strung up between the poles to create makeshift walls.

Janet Moses died as a result of accidental drowning by way of manslaughter, Wellington regional coroner Ian Smith has found.

A prolonged heatwave across Russia combined with a prodigious consumption of vodka has led to dozens of drownings every day.

A man has drowned after a bank gave way and his car rolled into a canal near Thames.

A mystery woman leapt into the sea to save a boy, 4, who was floating face down and being carried into deeper water on the outgoing tide.

A teenager has died after being swept away by the Waikato River near Taupo.

A 20-year-old Auckland man was walking in shallow water with four mates when he was knocked down by a rogue wave and swept to his death at a normally safe Northland beach.