(July 15) – A combination of booze and scorching weather has led to more than 1,000 Russians drowning in recent months.

Russians are heading to lakes and rivers in droves to escape temperatures as high as 104 degrees Fahrenheit, CNN reported. Unfortunately, they usually do so with some beer or vodka in tow.

The results are darkly predictable.
Russian men swim in the Neva river in central St. Petersburg on July 6
Kirill Kudryavtsev, AFP / Getty Images
More than 1,000 drownings in Russia have been attributed to people trying to cool off in searing temperatures by swimming after consuming alcohol. Here, Russian men take a dip in the Neva River in central St. Petersburg on July 6.

“The majority of those drowned were drunk,” Vadim Seryogin of Russia’s Emergencies Ministry said, according to CNN. “The children died because adults simply did not look after them.”

At one summer camp, six schoolchildren drowned because the camp employees who were meant to be looking after them were drunk, the BBC said.

I know it’s hot, but it looks like drinkers over there are going to have to lower their alcohol intake… SOURCE