The Wire had reported on the basis of an AFP report a day ago that the mercury has exceeded the 50°Celsius mark in Mecca in Saudi Arabia, Islam’s holiest city. On June 18, it touched the 51.8°C mark. Most Hajj rituals take place outside. https://thewire.in/environment/hajj-deaths-heat-saudi-indians
This report comes as New Delhi authorities claim to have recovered 50 bodies over the last 48 hours – all of people belonging to underprivileged socioeconomic backgrounds – as a brutal heatwave courses through the city.
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