Earth has recently recorded its hottest day, month and year, but there’s one temperature record that remains oddly elusive: The world’s hottest temperature reading, a record infamously held by ...

Jennette Jurado, a Death Valley park ranger of four years, said she can sense when the temperature breaks 120. It demands attention in a way that more routine desert heat doesn’t. “I can tell ...

Earth's Furnace Death Valley has long held a reputation as one of the hottest places on the planet. 7°C (134°F) back in 1913, ...

The largest of the wildfires ravaging the area shifted direction, triggering more evacuation orders and posing a new challenge to exhausted firefighters.

Death Valley, California, hit a US record of 134 degrees Fahrenheit (56.6C) in 1913. One hundred years later tourists are tracking to the desert to be there when a new record breaks. But not ...

Visits to Death Valley National Park have spiked in recent years due to visitors wanting to experience the extreme heat, which reached a record last summer of 104.5 degrees Fahrenheit.

The worst of Las Vegas’ record summer may be over. But the heat-related death toll continues to rise, with at least 224 deaths where heat was a factor. Generally, experts say heat deaths are ...