Saudi Arabia has warned that pilgrims might face a median temperature of 44 levels Celsius through the Hajj.
Ayman Ghulam, head of the Saudi Meteorological Division, mentioned in a press convention that the climate in Makkah and Madinah shall be one and a half to 2 levels hotter than traditional throughout Hajj this 12 months.
He mentioned that in this era the rainfall charge is near zero and the temperature can attain 44 levels.
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Nevertheless, the precise variety of warmth stress instances, together with heatstroke, exhaustion, ache and rash, might have been a lot greater, as many victims weren’t admitted to hospitals or clinics.
Not less than 240 individuals, largely from Indonesia, died through the Hajj final 12 months.
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Authorities within the kingdom take measures corresponding to air-conditioned tents and misting techniques to cut back the consequences of the warmth.