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On 3 July 1990, 1,426 people were suffocated and trampled to death in a crowd crush or stampede event in a tunnel near Mecca during the Hajj. [1] Event
The deadliest modern crowd crush incidents have both occurred during the Hajj pilgrimage, with the 1990 Mecca tunnel tragedy claiming 1,426 lives and the 2015 Mina stampede claiming 2,400. [1] (Although the term "stampede" is used in some media outlets, the scientific consensus is that true stampedes involving humans are extremely rare. [1])
The average daily wet-bulb temperatures during Hajj between 1979 and 2019 exceeded the US National Weather Service danger threshold of 24.6 °C (76.3 °F) on 38 days, nearly half of which took place in 2015–2019. The study also showed that Hajj pilgrims from countries with colder average temperature were 4.5 times more likely to die than ...
The second-deadliest incident at hajj was a 1990 stampede that killed 1,426 people. Associated Press writer Jon Gambrell in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, contributed to this report.
Incidents during the Hajj; 0–9. 924 Hajj caravan raid; 1757 Hajj caravan raid; 1987 Mecca incident; 1990 Mecca tunnel tragedy; 1994 Hajj stampede; 1998 Hajj stampede;
Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims on Wednesday braved intense heat to perform the symbolic stoning of the devil during the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. With morning temperatures rising ...
Serious loss of life at Hajj occurs periodically (in 1990, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2015); not surprising in a situation where two million or more pilgrims "all trying to do the same thing in the same place on the same day" while speaking different languages, and are vulnerable to death from suffocation or being physically crushed in the ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 December 2024. Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca "Haj" redirects here. For other uses, see Hajj (disambiguation) and Haj (disambiguation). Hajj حَجّ Pilgrims at the Al-Masjid Al-Haram Mosque in Mecca on Hajj in 2010 Status Active Genre Religious pilgrimage Begins 8th day of Dhu al-Hijja Ends 12th or ...