Scorching days, searing nights: Not even Death Valley is immune to climate change It was 10 p.m. and 116 degrees as a brutal wind whipped through the darkness. Los Angeles Times · Jul 19, 2023
Surviving Death Valley at 128 degrees 'like a blow-dryer in my face' 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. Los Angeles Times · Jul 18, 2023