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.

A 2019 study published by the journal Geophysical Research Letters said because of climate change and the timing of the hajj, heat stress for pilgrims will exceed the "extreme danger threshold ...

2024 proved to be a tumultuous year for Bangladesh, with political unrest, economic challenges, and social upheaval. Around ...

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 step, analysts ...

Our new research shows the upper limits of human heat tolerance were breached for a total of 43 hours over the six days of Hajj. During these periods, heat and humidity passed beyond the point at ...

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 step ...

Every year, hundreds of thousands of Muslims undertake the Hajj –the sacred pilgrimage to Mecca. In 2024, the pilgrimage took place in mid-June, the start of the Saudi summer. But this year ...