Hot over 53 degrees Celsius, tourists still flock to Death Valley in the US

The temperature in Death Valley (USA) on July 17 reached 53.33 degrees Celsius. However, this did not stop tourists from flocking to this place considered one of the hottest places on Earth.

The AP news agency (USA) quoted Mr. Randy Ceverny at the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) as saying that the highest temperature recorded on Earth was 56.67 degrees Celsius in July 1913 in Furnace Creek, California (USA). Temperatures above 54.44 degrees Celsius have only been recorded a few times in the world and most of them occurred in Death Valley.

Furnace Creek is located inside Death Valley National Park, on the border between the states of California and Nevada. There is a famous electronic thermometer here, attracting many tourists. On the afternoon of July 16, dozens of tourists gathered at this electronic thermometer to take souvenir photos.

The US National Weather Service (NWS) said the highest temperature on July 16 in Death Valley was 53.3 degrees Celsius.

“It was very hot,” said Scottish tourist Alessia Dempster. “Especially when there was a wind, you would think the wind would cool you down a bit but it actually felt like hot air was blowing in your face.”

Death Valley National Park covers 13,848 square kilometers and welcomes about 1.1 million visitors each year. About one-fifth of visitors come to Death Valley National Park between June and August, the Guardian (UK) reported.

There are places with temperatures as high as Death Valley, such as the Lut Desert in Iran, climate historian Christopher Burt told the AP. But like Death Valley, the Lut Desert is uninhabited, so there are no people to measure temperatures. The only difference is that a weather station was installed in Death Valley in 1911.

Temperatures topped 123 degrees Fahrenheit (53 degrees Celsius) in Death Valley as a third of Americans are under a heat warning, watch or advisory. A heat wave that swept the southern United States last month killed 14 people.

The temperature in Phoenix, Arizona on July 16 was 45.56 degrees Celsius, the 17th consecutive day the city recorded temperatures above 43 degrees Celsius. High temperature records were broken in many places in the southern United States, from California to Florida.

The heat wave was just one of several extreme weather events that hit the U.S. over the weekend. Five people died in Pennsylvania on July 15 when heavy rains caused flash floods that swept away cars. Meanwhile, Vermont officials are worried about the risk of mudslides as rain continues after days of flooding.

According to baotintuc.vn

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