Six children died in two unrelated incidents during Independence Day celebrations in the US.
In the first incident, two girls and one boy, all related, drowned in the Iowa river after becoming separated from family and friends.
Later, three children died after a boat full of firework watchers capsized off Long Island in New York.
Officials said the boat might have turned over because of weather and a wake from another boat.
The Coast Guard saved 24 people from the boat around 23:00 local time (03:00 GMT Thursday), about an hour after the emergency call came in.
Meanwhile, about 600,000 people in the eastern US were still without power during the holiday, following a series of storms that knocked out electricity almost a week ago.
Authorities in Marshalltown, Iowa, in the central part of the state, searched for more than three hours before finding the children, two seven-year-olds and one nine-year-old.
Police Chief Mike Tupper said a drought had left the Iowa river ankle-deep in some places, but areas of more than 12ft (3.6m) deep remain.
Iowa officials are not releasing the victim's names until family members are notified.
In New York, local and Coast Guard search efforts found a 12-year-old boy and two girls, ages 11 and 8, inside the boat's cabin.
The boat sank in 20ft of water and then drifted into an area 60ft deep.
A boater told the Newsday newspaper he saw the boat tip over after it was hit by a wake.
"It was like in slow motion," Sammy Balasso said. "All of a sudden, a lot of bodies were in the water."
The 34ft Silverton boat, sailing near Long Island's Oyster Bay, originally had 27 people on board.
Many private boats nearby helped those in the water after the boat capsized.
Nassau County Deputy Inspector Kenneth Lack said the rescue operation took a long time because "at night in an area like this, it is very dangerous".
"It was a lot of people in the water," he told the Associated Press. "Most people were taken aboard other crafts very quickly."
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