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Couple drown on holiday in Greece | Couple drown on holiday in Greece |
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A couple have drowned while swimming in the sea at a popular tourist spot in the Greek islands. | |
Keiron Conlon, 47, and his wife Frances, 46, from London, died on Wednesday near Lindos in Rhodes. | Keiron Conlon, 47, and his wife Frances, 46, from London, died on Wednesday near Lindos in Rhodes. |
A coastguard official said conditions at Agathi beach were stormy and the pair were washed back on to the shore by two-metre-high waves. | A coastguard official said conditions at Agathi beach were stormy and the pair were washed back on to the shore by two-metre-high waves. |
It is understood the couple, who had two children, had been visiting Keiron's sister and her husband. | It is understood the couple, who had two children, had been visiting Keiron's sister and her husband. |
The Foreign Office confirmed consular staff were "providing assistance" in connection with the deaths of Mr and Mrs Conlon. | The Foreign Office confirmed consular staff were "providing assistance" in connection with the deaths of Mr and Mrs Conlon. |
Over the past week south-eastern Greece and the Aegean islands have been hit by gale force winds and heavy rainfall. | Over the past week south-eastern Greece and the Aegean islands have been hit by gale force winds and heavy rainfall. |
Another foreign national, a 54-year-old Irish man, was also killed in an incident connected to the spate of bad weather. | |
The body of David Westwell, from Dingle, County Kerry, was washed up on the beach at Almyrida, near to Hania in northwestern Crete. | |
Mr Westwell, who was reported to have owned a home on the island with his wife, is thought to have drowned while trying to reach dry land as his car was swept away by floodwater. |
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