YEREVAN. – Sixteen people drowned in water-canals in Armenia as of Sept. 11.

Twenty-one incidents were registered by the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the first eight months of 2012, including three cases in rivers, one in water reservoir, twelve in lakes and four in water-canals, the Ministry informs Armenian News-NEWS.am.

As a result of those incidents, sixteen people died, including ten in lakes, two in rivers, one in water reservoir and two in water-canals. The August registered the highest number of incidents, when eight people fall in water reservoirs, five of which have died. August is followed by July - five people, two deaths, and May - three people, all of them died.