Deadly toll in Greece as heat waves sweep the country

ATHENS, Greece — Heat waves that have swept across Greece this month continued to exact a deadly toll over the weekend, with authorities on Sunday reporting the death of an American on a Greek island. At least five tourists remain missing across Greece.

Authorities said that the body of a 55-year-old from Floral Park, New York, who had been missing on the small island of Mathraki near Corfu since Tuesday, was found on a beach Sunday. That followed the discovery of a man’s body on the island of Samos the day before. A Dutch hiker has been missing there for a week, but the body had not yet been identified.

Searches were also underway for the five other tourists who have gone missing across Greece amid searing temperatures this month.

“The problem of missing hikers is not new — we have it every year,” said Constantina Dimoglidou, a police spokesperson. “But this year, it seems more people became disoriented during the heat wave.”

One of the missing was Albert Calibet, 59, a retired police officer who is a dual citizen of France and the United States, on the Aegean island of Amorgos. Also missing were two Frenchwomen, ages 73 and 64, on another Aegean island, Sikinos; and an Israeli couple in the area of Vytina in the Peloponnese Peninsula, authorities said.

The announcements came only days after the remains of Michael Mosley, a British medical journalist and documentary maker, were found on the island of Symi after he failed to return from a walk.

At least three other tourists have died this month while out walking during the extreme heat.

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