Death Valley Visitors Not Deterred By Heat Wave; 130°F Forecasted This Weekend

CBS Los Angeles

July 17, 2023

DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK — As uninviting as it sounds, Death Valley National Park beckons.

Even as the already extreme temperatures are forecast to climb even higher, potentially topping records amid a major U.S. heat wave, tourists are arriving at this infamous desert landscape on the California-Nevada border.

Daniel Jusehus snapped a photo earlier this week of a famed thermometer outside the aptly named Furnace Creek Visitor Center after challenging himself to a run in the sweltering heat.

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