ATHENS (Reuters) – A 55-year-old American was discovered useless on the Greek island of Materaki, police mentioned on Monday, the third vacationer dying in per week following unusually sizzling climate.
Earlier this month, temperatures soared above 40 levels Celsius (104 levels Fahrenheit) simply in time for the vacations on Greece’s distant seashores, historical ruins and mountain trails.
The early heatwave coincided with a spate of vacationer disappearances and deaths within the Mediterranean nation, highlighting the hazards of excessive temperatures.
“There’s a frequent sample – they had been all climbing within the warmth,” Petros Vassilakis, a police spokesman in southern Aegean, advised Reuters.
The physique of British tv presenter Michael Mosley was found on the island of Symi on June 9 after a four-day search operation by planes, drones and boats. Earlier than disappearing, he had gone for a stroll alone within the warmth.
Police didn’t reveal the id of the deceased, whose physique was discovered close to Materaki Seaside on Sunday. He was transferred to Corfu, the place an post-mortem can be carried out, a police officer advised Reuters.
A 74-year-old Dutch vacationer was discovered useless on the island of Samos on Saturday, and on June 5, two hikers had been discovered useless on the island of Crete.
Rescue groups are additionally trying to find two French ladies, aged 73 and 64, on Sikinos and a 59-year-old American police officer on Amorgos.
“Two search operations are underway on different islands. Police, firefighters and volunteers have been deployed with the help of drones and rescue canine,” Vassilakis mentioned.
(Reporting by Lefteris Papadimas and Renee Maltezou; Enhancing by Edward McAllister and Sharon Singleton)
