VIDEO: High winds blamed for Mecca Grand Mosque crane collapse

High winds have been blamed for causing a massive crane to topple and crash into Mecca’s Grand Mosque, killing at least 107 people ahead of the start of the annual hajj pilgrimage.

Suleiman bin Abdullah al-Amro, the head of Saudi Arabia’s civil defence directorate, told broadcaster Al-Arabiya that unusually powerful winds also tore down trees and signs as a storm whipped through the area.