Temperatures have reached as high as 51.8 degrees during the Hajj, an annual pilgrimage that millions of Muslims make to Mecca to perform religious rites.
Hundreds of visitors have reportedly died during the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca amid scorching heat.
Stampedes, tent fires and other accidents have caused hundreds of deaths during Hajj in the past 30 years. This year’s pilgrimage began on Friday. Muslim pilgrims gather at the top of the rocky hill known as the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage, near the holy city of Mecca,Many of those deaths were due to extreme heat, family members said on social media, as other families continued to search for missing relatives in Saudi hospitals.
The ministry had so far treated more than 2700 pilgrims who suffered from heat-related illness, he added.
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