Dutch tourist found dead on Greek island, other foreign tourists missing as temperatures spike

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Dutch tourist found dead on Greek island, other foreign tourists missing as temperatures spike
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The 74-year-old tourist was found 300 metres from where he was last seen walking in in blistering heat

A missing Dutch tourist was found dead early Saturday on the eastern Greek island of Samos , local media reported, the latest in a string of recent cases in which tourists in the Greek islands have died or gone missing. Some, if not all, had set out on hikes in blistering hot temperatures.

Mathraki, population 100, is a 3.9-square-kilometer heavily wooded island, west of the better-known island of Corfu. Strong winds had prevented police and the fire service from reaching the island to search for the missing person as of Saturday afternoon, media reported. U.S. media identified the missing tourist as retired Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff Albert Calibet of Hermosa Beach, California.

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