This is possibly the second heat-related fatality in Death Valley this summer. Read more at straitstimes.com.
LOS ANGELES – A tourist died on Tuesday afternoon at a trailhead in Death Valley National Park, located between the US states of California and Nevada, amid extreme heat, the authorities said on Wednesday.
Officials believe the man had likely just been hiking the popular trail. He was wearing a sun hat and hiking clothes, and carried a backpack, said the news release.
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