A 67-year-old German man has been found dead on the Greek island of Crete, police said on Monday, the sixth tourist to die during June’s unusually hot weather.
The tourist had gone hiking alone in a valley in the Sauguia area on Sunday and called his wife a few hours later to report feeling unwell.
“A search and rescue operation was immediately launched and a special rescue team equipped with a drone found the man’s body in the Tripiti Valley,” a police official told Reuters.
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Police did not identify the German who died.
An unusual heatwave in June left tourists dead or missing across the Mediterranean country, highlighting the dangers of exposure to temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).
Rescue teams are also searching for two French women, aged 73 and 64, on Sikinos, and a 59-year-old American police officer holidaying on Amorgos.
Last week, a 55-year-old American was found dead on the Greek island of Matraki in the Ionian Sea, and earlier this month a Dutch tourist was found dead on the Aegean island of Samos.
The body of British television presenter Michael Mosley was found on June 9 on another Aegean island, Symi, after a four-day search by planes, drones and boats. Mosley had been walking alone in high temperatures before going missing.
