FURNACE CREEK, CALIFORNIA (REUTERS) - One of the hottest air temperatures recorded anywhere on the planet in at least a century, and possibly ever, was reached on Sunday (Aug 16) afternoon at Death Valley in California's Mojave Desert where it soared to 54.4 degrees Celsius.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
FURNACE CREEK, CALIFORNIA - One of the hottest air temperatures recorded anywhere on the planet in at least a century, and possibly ever, was reached on Sunday afternoon at Death Valley in California's Mojave Desert where it soared to 54.4 degrees Celsius.
"It's literally like being in an oven," he said in a telephone interview."Today is another day we could take another run at 130F." "We are seeing more records being broken at a daily and monthly level," said Ms Brandi Stewart, a public information officer for Death Valley National Park who can see the Furnace Creek weather station from her window."It is significant that we're seeing more records breaking."
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