WEATHER ALERT
Death Valley's scorching heat kills second man this summer
Read full article: Death Valley's scorching heat kills second man this summerA California man died from overheating at Death Valley National Park after hiking on a day where temperatures reached nearly 120 degrees Fahrenheit (48.3 degrees Celsius).
Persistent heat wave in the US shatters new records, causes deaths in the West and grips the East
Read full article: Persistent heat wave in the US shatters new records, causes deaths in the West and grips the EastA visitor to Death Valley National Park has died from heat exposure and another person has been hospitalized as the temperature there reached 128 degrees this weekend.
Kayakers paddle in Death Valley after rains replenish lake in one of Earth's driest spots
Read full article: Kayakers paddle in Death Valley after rains replenish lake in one of Earth's driest spotsKayakers have been paddling in one of the driest places on Earth after a series of storms battered California’s Death Valley and replenished Lake Manly.
California's Death Valley sizzles as brutal heat wave continues
Read full article: California's Death Valley sizzles as brutal heat wave continuesDeath Valley is putting a sizzling exclamation point on a record warm summer across the globe as it flirts with some of the hottest temperatures ever recorded.
Death Valley visitors drawn to the hottest spot on Earth during ongoing US heat wave
Read full article: Death Valley visitors drawn to the hottest spot on Earth during ongoing US heat waveMost visitors to Death Valley National Park only make it a short distance to any site at the hottest and driest place on Earth before returning to the sanctuary of an air-conditioned vehicle.
Trapped Californians rescued from snow, helped by neighbors
Read full article: Trapped Californians rescued from snow, helped by neighborsSearch crews have rescued Californians stranded for days in multiple feet of snow after back-to-back storms plastered the state’s mountain communities and trapped many in their homes.
Couple found dead in Death Valley National Park in apparent murder-suicide
Read full article: Couple found dead in Death Valley National Park in apparent murder-suicideAn elderly Las Vegas couple were found dead in California's Death Valley National Park in what authorities said Wednesday was a murder-suicide.
Death Valley route buried in floods closed for another week
Read full article: Death Valley route buried in floods closed for another weekAuthorities say a main roadway into Death Valley National Park will remain closed into next week as crews clean up after record-breaking rains damaged the roadway and choked it with mud, rocks and debris.
Flash floods strand 1K people in Death Valley National Park
Read full article: Flash floods strand 1K people in Death Valley National ParkFlash flooding triggered by heavy rainfall forced has officials to close all roads in and out of Death Valley National Park near the California-Nevada line Friday.
Death Valley's brutal 130 degrees may be record if verified
Read full article: Death Valley's brutal 130 degrees may be record if verifiedDeath Valley recorded a scorching 130 degrees (54.4 degrees Celsius) Sunday, which if the sensors and other conditions check out, would be the hottest Earth has been in more than 89 years and the third-warmest ever measured. Sunday's temperature would beat marks of 129 (53.9 Celsius) recorded three times in recent years, he said. The 130-mark capped a week and an ongoing summer of very strange weather, said Deke Arndt, director of the National Weather Service's Center for Weather and Climate and former chairman of the U.S. national weather extremes committee. Death Valley's National Park's 130-degree temperature was recorded at 3:41 p.m. at Furnace Creek near the park's visitor center. It's the same area that holds the world record for highest temperature ever recorded 134 degrees (56.67 Celsius) set on July 10, 1913, although that record remains in dispute.