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Hundreds of Hajj pilgrims die as Mecca temperatures hit 120 Fahrenheit
CNN.com· 42 minutes agoHundreds of people have died and thousands have been treated for heatstroke while performing the...
Heat said at fault for higher death toll in Hajj pilgrimage | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette· 8 hours agoSaudi Arabia has not commented on the death toll amid the heat during the pilgrimage, required of...
Greece heatwave latest: New fire ‘every ten minutes’ amid hunt for arsonist and search for missing...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoMeteorologists forecast temperatures of around 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) throughout Serbia...
Hundreds of Hajj pilgrims reported dead amid lethal heatwave
Euronews via Yahoo News· 1 day agoPress agency AFP reported that at least 320 of the dead were citizens of Egypt, while Reuters...
Extreme heat threatens 2 million hajj pilgrims. Scientists warn it will only get worse.
The Christian Science Monitor· 2 hours agoNearly 2 million Muslims will reach the end of the hajj pilgrimage this week, but extreme heat has...
Deadly explosions rock Chad after ammunition depot fire
BBC via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoA huge fire at a military ammunition depot in Chad has killed at least nine people and injured 46...
550 Muslims die in horrific heat as temperatures in Mecca hit 51.8C
Daily Express· 1 day agoAt least 550 Muslims died in scorching hot temperatures during the religious Hajj pilgrimage. There...
‘This is like a slow death’: Environmental toll of Gaza war laid bare in first UN assessment
Euronews via Yahoo News· 1 day ago“I cry just like any other grandmother would over her grandchildren being sick and having scabies....
Explainer: How extreme heat threatens health and safety
Reuters· 23 hours agoWith extreme heat gripping much of the Northern Hemisphere this week, authorities and public health...
Heat wave claims lives of at least 125 in Mexico this year, hitting country’s most vulnerable
CBS 47 Fresno· 3 hours agoVERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) — When the nursing home in southern Mexico began to bake in the country’s...