Greece warns UK tourists 'worst still to come' after one death

Greece warns UK tourists 'worst still to come' after one death
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Greece has warned UK tourists the worst could still be yet to come as rough weather hits the European Union nation and its holiday islands. Amid worsening conditions, one person has died with dozens needing to be rescued following a migrant dinghy capsizing.

A dinghy carrying migrants towards the eastern Greek island of Kos capsized in rough weather overnight, leaving one person dead, while dozens more people were rescued from a yacht in southern Greece, the coast guard said.

It said the dinghy was carrying 16 people when it capsized south east of Kos near the Turkish coast. A coast guard vessel rescued 15 people and pulled an unresponsive woman from the water. Two of the survivors were treated in hospital.

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And the worst could still be to come, with weather forecasts issuing ominous predictions for the rest of the weekend. Strong winds will continue into Monday afternoon, however by the early hours of Tuesday morning, conditions look to be improving across the country.

The worst of the weather is likely to hit on Sunday, with Crete affected. Other areas which could come off badly amid the downturn in conditions are Kos and Kilkis, as well as Thessaloniki. There was no information immediately available on the nationalities of the migrants in any of the incidents above.

The downturn in weather comes after months of searing heat, with heatwaves claiming the lives of tourists going on long walks in the nation, including TV health expert and doctor Michael Mosley, the BBC star who also regularly appeared on ITV and Channel 4 too.

The extreme weather in Greece is threatening some of the country's wine regions. "About 90% of traditional wine regions in coastal and lowland regions of Spain, Italy, Greece, and southern California could be at risk of disappearing by the end of the century because of excessive drought and more frequent heat waves with climate change," according to a study published in Nature.