Death Valley threatens temperature records but tourists keep coming
by Guardian staff and agencies from Environment | The Guardian on (#6CZNT)
Notoriously hot California national park could surpass modern record of 130F amid unrelenting heatwave
Temperatures in the famously sizzling Death Valley national park are predicted to equal or even break modern records this weekend - but that hasn't stopped the tourists from showing up.
The US south-west is currently trapped under an unrelenting heatwave, with extreme temperatures forecast to climb even higher in the coming days. In the national park, the thermometer could climb past 130F (54.4C).
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