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Two Tourists Die, Fires Erupt In Greece Amid Gale-force Winds

Most ferries were unable to depart on schedule from Piraeus and other Athens ports (Credit: AFP)

Two Vietnamese tourists died at sea in Greece on Friday, the coastguard said, as gale-force winds confined many ferries to port, disrupting tens of thousands of summer travellers, and sparked wildfires.

A coastguard spokeswoman said a man and woman had died at the Sarakiniko beach on the tourist island of Milos in the Cyclades, as firefighters battled blazes near Athens and on the island of Cephalonia.

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