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  2. 2024 Hajj extreme heat disaster - Wikipedia

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    Between 14 and 19 June 2024, at least 1,301 people on the Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca died due to extreme heat, with temperatures exceeding 50 °C (122 °F). [1] [2] Extreme heat caused heat stroke and dehydration, leading to the deaths.

  3. Category:2024 disasters in Saudi Arabia - Wikipedia

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    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. ...

  4. ‘Not enough medics’ to help pilgrims with heat, Hajj ...

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    There were not enough medics or basic facilities to protect Hajj pilgrims from the effects of the sweltering heat in Saudi Arabia last week, two pilgrims recently returned from Hajj told CNN, as ...

  5. Over 1300 people dead during 2024 Hajj pilgrimage amid ... - AOL

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    At least 1,301 people died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage that took place during an exceptional heatwave in Saudi Arabia, according to an official death toll.. This year about 1.8 million ...

  6. Hundreds died during this year's Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi ...

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    More than 1.83 million Muslims performed the Hajj in 2024, including more than 1.6 million pilgrims from 22 countries, and around 222,000 Saudi citizens and residents, according to the Saudi Hajj ...

  7. 2024 Hajj disaster - Wikipedia

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    The 2024 Hajj ran from the evening of 14 June through 19 June. Casualties. The health minister of Saudi Arabia said at least 1,301 died during the pilgrimage. Of the dead, at least 600 were Egyptian pilgrims. Jordanian diplomats stated that 60 Jordanians also died from extreme heat.

  8. Incidents during the Hajj - Wikipedia

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    Stress due to heat has been exacerbated by increases in regional temperatures induced by climate change, which Saudi researchers stated in a March 2024 study in the Journal of Travel Medicine represented an average rise of dry-bulb temperatures by 0.4 °C (0.7 °F) and wet-bulb temperatures by 0.2 °C (0.4 °F) per decade. Both are strongly ...

  9. Nearly 500 confirmed fatalities from Hajj heatwave as ... - AOL

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    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 ...