As we go through Australian winter, with the longed-for “on annual leave” status getting closer in the diary, the excitement of a holiday on a Greek island reaches its peak: the azure sea; the whitewashed facades of the marina-fronted buildings promising ice-cold drinks; the beaches and coves a siren call to all of us used to rain and cloud.
Before that, on June 15, the body of a Dutch man, 74, was found dead in a ravine on the eastern island of Samos after being reportedly seen struggling to walk in the heat. A day later, a missing American man was also found dead on the island of Mathraki, near Corfu – the third to lose his life in a week.
The weather in all such cases of tourist hikers getting lost is always hot – often tourists are seen on trails without hats, which baffles locals – but this year, say experts and locals, it is the combination of unusual heat and hiking that has proved especially deadly. Walking on the islands is often tempting because the views are so exceptional and because often the smallest, craggiest paths can lead to the best coves or views.
The meteorologist Panos Giannopoulos told the TV channel ERT: “This heatwave will go down in history. In the 20th century, we never had one before June 19.”
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