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The body of a 55-year-old American tourist was discovered on the island of Corfu on Sunday, bringing to three the number of foreign tourists found dead in Greece in a week
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After the news of American tourist found dead on the island of Corfu research is still underway to find it three other foreign tourists in as many Greek locations.
Most of them had undertaken excursions under the scorching sun with theheat wave underway in much of Greece. The body of the American, discovered in the sea near the port of Mathraki by a tourist, will have to be transferred to a hospital in Corfu for an autopsy, the Greek news agency in Athens and public television ERT reported. According to local media, the 50-year-old was on holiday in Mathraki. Also on Sunday, a 74-year-old Dutch tourist was found dead on theSamos islandwas lying in a ravine a few hundred meters from where he was last seen.
Just a week ago on June 9th the doctor and BBC TV presenter Michael Mosley he had been found dead on the Greek island of Symi in the Aegean Sea while on holiday with his wife.
Another American tourist, Albert Calibet, 59 years old, is missing on theAmorgos island after a hike. ABC News reported that some of Calibet’s family and friends traveled to Greece to search for the man from Los Angeles County.
Furthermore, according to local media, search operations continue for two French women missing on theGreek island of Sikinos.
Greece under a heat wave
The vice mayor of Amorgos, Popi Despotidi, told iefimerida.gr that Calibet’s disappearance it could have been caused by the heat. “These days the island is unbearably hot. We are evaluating all possibilities,” Despotidi said.
Tourists have been warned about high temperatures in Greece, which has been hit by an unusually early heat wave. L’Acropolis of Athens and many other tourist spots were forced to close during the hottest hours this week following reports of people fainting in line.
A second elderly person also died for a heat stroke in Cyprus. Temperatures on the island have been rising all week, exceeding 40 degrees.
