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14–19 June 2024: Location: Mecca, Saudi Arabia: Cause: Extreme heat: Participants: 1.8 million: Outcome: Fatalities among pilgrims from multiple countries: Casualties; At least 1,301 killed and at least 2,764 injured (on 16 June alone) Hottest temperature reported in Mecca: 51.8 °C (125.2 °F)
The annual Muslim pilgrimage to the sacred city of Mecca that wrapped up last week became a death march for over 1,300 Hajj participants who died in temperatures that climbed above 124 degrees.
The official death toll from this year’s Hajj pilgrimage has soared to almost 500 and the true toll could be more than double that as reports emerged that as many as 600 Egyptian worshipers ...
2024 North America heat waves: March 17 – September 17 1,161 3 2024 Afghanistan–Pakistan floods: March 6 – September 4 1,084 4 2024 Hajj extreme heat disaster: June 14–19 1,031 5 Typhoon Yagi (Enteng) August 31 — September 9 844 6 2024 Enga landslide: May 24 670–2,000+ [1] [2] 7 2024 Pakistan heat wave: May 21 – July 568 8
2024 Hajj extreme heat disaster This page was last edited on 19 June 2024, at 03:40 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4. ...
The heatwave in Saudi Arabia blamed for the deaths of 1,300 people on the haj pilgrimage this month was made worse by climate change, a team of European scientists said on Friday. The heat would ...
Hajj season changes every year according to the Islamic calendar and this year it fell in June, one of the hottest months in the kingdom. It occurs two months and 10 days after Ramadan ends ...
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