Posted on 06/27/2024 6:36:08 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
RIYADH, June 27 (Reuters) - Hundreds of the pilgrims who died in fierce heat at this year's haj were not officially registered with the Saudi authorities, with the result that many had no access to vital services like air-conditioned buses and cool-off tents.
The deaths highlight a looming challenge for organisers as climate change takes hold in the region: the practice of requiring official permits for such services is stirring concern that unregistered pilgrims could increasingly be exposed to life-threatening temperatures.
Almost two million pilgrims made their way to Mecca this year to perform haj rites as taught by the Prophet Mohammad to his followers 14 centuries ago.
Heat-related deaths along the haj are not new, but climate change has made haj increasingly dangerous.
A 2021 study found that if the world warms by 1.5 C (2.7 F) above pre-industrial levels, heat stroke risk for pilgrims on the haj will be five times greater. The world is on track to reach 1.5 C of warming in the 2030s.
"It's a situation that is only getting worse with time," said Elfatih Eltahir, co-director of the Jameel Observatory and a professor at MIT, who published a paper on the dangers of heat stress for pilgrims in 2019.
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July on the Arabian Peninsula
January in the Australian Outback
It gets hot!
above pre-industrial levels
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read above the little ice age!
Death of who cares shows who cares about who cares.
It’s the summer in a desert near the equator, what do they expect?
Muslims go by a lunar calendar, which results in holidays shifting 10 days each solar year.
Saudi in summer = HOT!
WTF did they expect?
So, illegal immigration kills. Because without permission, they can’t get on air conditioned buses.
Not much of a hajj if riding on the bus.
It’s summer. In the desert. And millions upon millions of people cramming together to worship their moon god make conditions worse.
The Saudi desert is very hot.
This is shocking new information.
:-)
It’s never been hot in the desert...
News flash. The desert is really hot in the broad daylight. Plan accordingly.
Every year they have hunreds who die.....either by heat or crowd rush....they keel over.
I don’t understand. It is a dry heat so just bring an umbrella since it is 50 degrees cooler in the shade.
inshallah إن شاء الله
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