Climate emergency strikes Islam’s holy ritual, with nearly 600 dead of heat stroke in Mecca

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Fri, 21/06/2024 - 04:58
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Fri, 21/06/2024 - 04:58
As the temperature in Mecca reached 125.24° F. (51.8° C.) on Tuesday, word leaked out that nearly 600 pilgrims had died of heat stroke and 2,000 have been hospitalised for treatment. A virtual clinic treated more thousands remotely. Some 324 of the dead were Egyptians, while dozens were from Jordan. The season of the annual Continue reading »