INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Fourteen Jordanians have been reported dead during the annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, some of them due to heat stroke, while 17
others were reported missing, the Jordanian foreign ministry said in a statement.At least six of the fatalities were heat related, the
ministry said, with temperatures reaching 47 degrees Celsius in Mecca on Monday.Hajj, which will end on Wednesday, is one of the largest
mass gatherings in the world, with more than 1.8 million pilgrims expected to take part this year, according to the Saudi General Authority
for Statistics, Reuters reported.The Saudi health ministry issued an advisory last week warning of soaring temperatures and advising
pilgrims to stay hydrated and avoid being outdoors during the hottest hours of the day between 11 a.m
and 3 p.m.The Jordanian foreign ministry was coordinating with Saudi authorities on procedures to bury or transport the bodies of the
deceased according to their family&s wishes, it said.In 2015, a deadly crush at the hajj near Mecca killed at least 2,070 people, according
to a Reuters tally at the time.The post Fourteen Jordanians die during hajj in Saudi Arabia, some succumb to heat first appeared on Ariana
