Search for American tourist continues in Amorgos

The search for a 59-year-old American tourist who went missing while hiking alone on the Cycladic island of Amorgos continued on Thursday. 

Eleftherios Karaiskos, the mayor of Amorgos, told state-run broadcaster ERT that authorities are focusing "on a fairly large area that covers almost a quarter of the island" at the north. The area was determined by information shared by mobile operators who examined the signal from one of the two phones he was carrying with him. 

The man, a retired police officer who has been visiting the island for years, departed from the port settlement of Aegiali, located in the northwest of the island, shortly after 7 a.m. His intended destination was Katapola, the island's main port along the western coast, a trail estimated to take approximately four hours.

A friend reported him missing to the authorities after eight hours, having...