June 23 (UPI) --A lack of cooling centers, sleeping accommodations and other critical support services made the effects of the heat wave that killed at least 1,300 Hajj pilgrims even more deadly ...

an American aid worker struggles to survive an intense humid heat wave in India, which kills millions. The book is set just a few years into the future. The deaths during the Hajj warn us that ...

1.8 million Muslims are taking part in this year's Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia ... "after suffering sun stroke due to the extreme heat wave" and a further 17 had been reported missing.

Hundreds of Hajj pilgrims this year died in the scorching heat of Mecca as temperatures rose to above 51 degree Celsius in Mecca. Hajj as per Quran can be traced back to the time of Prophet ...

AP journalists saw pilgrims fainting from the scorching heat, especially on the second and third days of the Hajj. Some vomited and collapsed. Historically, deaths are not uncommon at the Hajj ...

Photo: FADEL SENNA / AFP. The deaths of 1,300 pilgrims during the hajj in Saudi Arabia last year underscored the urgent need to mitigate dangers posed by extreme heat, with crowd management an ...

RIYADH — The deaths of 1,300 pilgrims during the hajj in Saudi Arabia last year underscored the urgent need to mitigate dangers posed by extreme heat, with crowd management an essential first ...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — The deaths of 1,300 pilgrims during the hajj in Saudi Arabia last year underscored the urgent need to mitigate dangers posed by extreme heat, with crowd management an essential ...