Gardaí said they had responded to a public order incident at Harbour Road, Skerries, on Saturday night.

'Without doubt there is something funny going.'

Astypalaia relies on bottled water for drinking and didn't receive much of the rain which drenched the rest of Greece this winter.

The 79-year-old had headed out into dense woodland near the remote village of Pilvo on Russia's Sakhalin Island.

'Hotel staff repeatedly attempted to contact the person who had made the reservation in order to resolve the situation.'

People have been told to get to higher ground.

'I ‌don't like giving ​deadlines, but... ​they ​better ​behave.'

The cruise ship stopped in Chania,Crete,after the emergency (Picture: Getty Images) A British holidaymaker has died on board a cruise ship near Crete after falling unresponsive.