Lifeguards on alert as temperatures soarALDEN WILLIAMS/STUFF A lifeguard keeps close watch over Sumner Beach. Michael Butler, 18, and a colleague had gone to Scarborough Beach to cool off before starting work on Friday – one of the hottest December days in years, hitting 33 degrees Celsius. ALDEN WILLIAMS/STUFF Lifeguards keep close watch at Sumner Beach after eight rescues in three days. Since then Sumner Beach has seen its own share of wayward swimmers. He was perplexed as to why people did not swim in the area where lifeguards believed it was safest to swim.

Source: Stuff December 10, 2017 07:18 UTC