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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 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 ...
This is a list of crowd collapses and crushes in which at least five people died. 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]
After 1,300 people died during the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, witnesses and experts say high temperatures and difficulties with crowd control made the event dangerous.
More than 1,300 pilgrims died amid scorching heat during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage, Saudi Arabia's health minister said Sunday. ... The second-deadliest incident at the Hajj was a 1990 ...
WHEN IS HAJJ? The Hajj occurs once a year during the Islamic lunar month of Dhul-Hijja, the 12th and final month of the Islamic calendar year. This year, Hajj will take place this month.
A separate crane collapse at Mecca’s Grand Mosque, which preceded the Mina disaster that same year, killed 111 people. 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;