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Over the past week, three search and rescue operations have been started for tourists who have gone missing during treks on far-flung islands, including one for the popular TV presenter Michael Mosley, who was found dead on the island of Symi.

In recent days, emergency services have also been called out to two other far-flung islands, Samos and Amorgos, to look for an elderly Dutch man and a US national who disappeared on hiking trails.

Eric Calibet, 59, a retired Los Angeles police officer and regular visitor to Amorgos, was last seen on Tuesday making a solo trek across the Cycladic isle. He had set out at 7am to hike for four hours, on a day when temperatures were slated to exceed 37C. By late Thursday, nearly 48 hours after the friend he was staying with alerted police about his failure to return, Calibet was still missing. His last known contact is believed to be a message he sent from his mobile phone to his sister.

A search operation on Samos – involving a rescue team, four drones, a sniffer dog brought in from Athens and a Frontex EU border agency helicopter – has also failed to find the 74-year-old Dutch national, who had similarly embarked on a five-hour hike when he vanished.

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[–] tal@lemmy.today 18 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (7 children)

Visitors to Greece appear ill informed about heatwave risk

Eric Calibet, 59, a retired Los Angeles police officer

temperatures were slated to exceed 37C.

That's 98°F. That's not incredibly hot by California standards.

I doubt that a Californian visiting Greece is unfamiliar with high temperatures. In general, the US sees greater temperature extremes than Europe, and while Greece is hot as Europe goes, California is home to the hottest temperatures in the world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_extreme_temperatures_in_Greece

Greece holds the record for the highest maximum temperature recorded in Continental Europe, with 48.0 °C in Elefsina and Tatoi (both located in the Athens metropolitan area) Greece holds the record for the highest maximum temperature recorded in Continental Europe, with 48.0 °C in Elefsina and Tatoi (both located in the Athens metropolitan area)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._state_and_territory_temperature_extremes

California: 134 °F (56.7 °C)

Los Angeles itself is coastal, so more moderate, but it still gets rather hotter than 98°F.

https://www.extremeweatherwatch.com/cities/los-angeles

The highest temperature ever recorded in Los Angeles, California was 110 °F which occurred on September 26, 1963.

That'd be 43°C.

[–] JacksonLamb@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Californians don't live in Death Valley.

The countries with the hottest temperatures in inhabited areas are places like Kuwait.

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

No, but they live in LA where it is still hotter than it was in Greece.

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