Inclement weather will prevail in the holy city of Makkah until Tuesday and a warning had been issued about the weather on Thursday, a day before the Grand Mosque accident, the Presidency of Meteorology and Environment (PME) has said.

“Cloudy skies and thundershowers, accompanied by winds around 50 km per hour raising dust, is expected over the next few days,” PME spokesman Hussein Al-Qahtani was quoted as saying by local media on Saturday.

The city registered winds of 60 km per hour besides thunder and rain on Friday, he said.

“The PME had given a warning of rough weather earlier. It provides information to specialized bodies in different areas of the Kingdom regularly and whenever the situation warrants it,” Al-Qahtani added.