Two more tourists missing on Greek islands as heatwave grips country

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Two tourists, one from the United States and the other from the Netherlands, disappeared while on a separate hike in Greece, authorities in the Mediterranean country have revealed.

News of the disappearances comes just days after the body of British television personality Michael Mosley was discovered after he disappeared while walking in scorching weather on the Greek island of Symi.

A 59-year-old American man named Albert Calibet disappeared on Tuesday on the island of Amorgos while following a road towards the village of Katapola, the municipality of Amorgos said on its official social networks.

Popi Despotidi, Amorgos' deputy mayor for tourism, told CNN on Thursday that Calibet has been coming “to Amorgos almost every year” for about a decade.

And on the island of Samos, a 74-year-old Dutch tourist has been missing since Sunday, while a large search and rescue operation is underway, authorities said. The man had gone hiking in the Marathokampou region of the island, the Samos Hellenic Rescue Team said in a Facebook post on Wednesday. Local residents are participating in the search, the statement added.

Konstantia Dimoglidou, a spokeswoman for the Greek police, told CNN on Thursday that “police, firefighters and volunteers are involved in the search, including by air,” to find the two men. “Unfortunately, we have not heard from any of them so far,” she added.

Mosley, a television doctor who popularized a type of intermittent fasting known as the 5:2 diet, was reported missing by his wife after he failed to return from an island walk. It took several days to find his body.

Greece is currently experiencing a scorching heatwave that is expected to peak on Thursday, according to the Hellenic National Weather Service, which has issued an orange warning for heat – the second most severe designation.