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A deadly year so far on the Great Lakes

By 3bylunch (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

The numbers show a deadly year so far on the Great Lakes this year.

The Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project has been tracking drowning deaths on the lakes since 2010, reporting 751 drowning deaths.

Lake Michigan recorded the most deaths of any lake in the last ten years, with a total of 340.

So far this year, there have been 11 drowning deaths, 7 of them in Lake Michigan.

By contrast, Lakes Superior and Huron haven’t had any reported drownings in 2019.

The worst year on record was last year. By the end of May 2018 there had been 20 drowning deaths recorded.

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