ATHENS — Two Vietnamese tourists died at sea in Greece Friday, the coastguard said, as gale-force winds confined many ferries to port, disrupting travel for tens of thousands of summer travellers.

The incident, involving a man and a woman, happened at Sarakiniko beach on the tourist island of Milos in the Cyclades, a coastguard spokeswoman told AFP.

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“The man and woman were found unconscious in the sea and were taken to the local health centre,” she said.

“They were Vietnamese tourists on a cruise ship group. The woman fell in the water and the man apparently tried to save her,” she said.

The civil protection ministry said wind gusts would reach 88 kilometres an hour, especially in the southern Aegean and Sea of Crete.

National weather service EMY said the phenomeno

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