Hypothermia

A 33-year-old Norwegian hiker who was trapped at a high altitude on Crete’s Lefka Ori mountain range was successfully located by rescue workers late on Tuesday evening, the fire brigade reported.

They said the hiker was found at a very high altitude on the mountain where temperature is under zero.

A five-year-old child died when the boat it was on board capsized and sank north of Lesvos on Wednesday.

According to initial information, the child died from hypothermia despite the efforts of the rescue team. 46 more persons that were in the same boat were rescued while the number of missing is still unknown.

Young Muhammad Hasan was wearing a life jacket but floated with his face submerged into the Aegean Sea off the coast of Turkey. Fisherman Recep Evran fished the boy from the water. The youngster was cold and pale, initially he was believed to be dead.

It is still unknown as to why a woman, aged 28, was rescued nude on Sunday three miles off the Southern Coast of California. The woman told authorities that she was sept out to sea by a rip current after entering the sea at around 5.30 p.m on Saturday. Two kayakers found her, naked, screaming for help and rescued her.

Six foreign migrants suffering from hypothermia were being treated at a hospital in Hania on Saturday, with one of them, a young girl, deemed to be in critical condition.

The six patients were rescued after their boat went down 300 miles east of Malta and were flown to Greece, which was the nearest landfall in helicopter range.