Tourist found dead off Greek island, three others missing

The man was last seen alive on Tuesday and his body will be transferred to Corfu Hospital for an autopsy. According to the Athens News news agency, he was in Mathraki on vacation with a Greek-American friend.

This is a new case of death of a tourist on the Greek islands in recent days, after that of BBC presenter Michael Mosley in Symi last week and a 74-year-old Dutchman found dead on Saturday by police. Samos firefighters.

Two French women aged 73 and 64 are also missing from Sikinos, a small island in the Aegean Sea, and searches are underway for another tourist in Amorgos.

Most of them were attempting hikes under the blazing sun, as much of Greece saw record temperatures for the first week of June, reaching 43 degrees Celsius (109 degrees Fahrenheit) in many parts of the country.

Meteorologists noted that it was the first heatwave on record – which for Greece means temperatures above 38C for at least three days.

The UNESCO-listed Acropolis archaeological site in Athens, Greece's most visited attraction, was closed to the public during peak hours on Thursday for the second day in a row.

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