The Latest Breaking News from Death Valley

Follow live as Tropical Storm Harold tracks towards southern Texas

Hilary, now downgraded to a post-tropical storm, marches northward, prompting flood watches and warnings in half a dozen states

Earlier this year, temperatures at Death Valley National Park neared 130 degrees

Two men were issued a mandatory court appearance

Temperature-related deaths led park service to create a new advice page for visitors who want to explore despite the heat

Hiker dies as US national park exceeds 50C, while heatwave in southern Europe is expected to ease

A Southern California outdoor enthusiast has died after collapsing in Death Valley following a hike amid blistering heat

Temperatures around the world are soaring. Both California’s Death Valley and China’s Xinjiang region have seen temperatures climb above the 50℃ mark. A blistering heatwave is also sweeping across the Mediterranean, causing temperatures in parts of Italy, Spain, France and Greece to exceed 40℃.

High temperature ‘may have been a factor’ in death of 71-year-old Steve Curry in Golden Canyon area, park officials say

It was 10 p.m. and 116 degrees as a brutal wind whipped through the darkness.

An unfathomable heat descended here on Monday, the hottest place in a rapidly warming world. At the Furnace Creek Visitor Center, a digital thermometer read 123 degrees and counting — within striking distance of the hottest temperature ever recorded on planet Earth.