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SAN FRANCISCO – Firefighters struggled to contain an exploding Northern California wildfire under blazing temperatures as another heat wave hits the West this weekend, prompting an excessive heat warning for inland and desert areas.
On Friday, Death Valley National Park in California recorded a staggering high of 130 degrees Fahrenheit. If verified, the 130-degree reading would be the hottest high recorded there since July 1913, when the same Furnace Creek desert area hit 134 F, considered the highest reliably measured temperature on Earth.
The Beckwourth Complex – two lightning-caused fires burning 45 miles north of Lake Tahoe – showed no sign of slowing its rush northeast from the Sierra Nevada forest region after doubling in size between Friday and Saturday.
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As another heat wave hit the western United States this weekend, firefighters fought a raging wildfire in Northern California under scorching temperatures, prompting the inland and desert areas to issue overheating warnings.
Death Valley National Park in California is located about 177 kilometers (110 miles) west of neighboring Las Vegas, Nevada. The temperature reached 54 degrees Celsius (130 degrees Fahrenheit) on Friday and is expected to reach the same temperature on Saturday.
If confirmed, the temperature reading will be the hottest temperature recorded there since July 1913, when the same furnace river desert area reached 57 degrees Celsius (134 degrees Fahrenheit), which is considered the highest temperature reliably measured on Earth.
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Updated Jul 11, 2021, 8:42 AM IST
Firefighters struggled to contain an exploding Northern California wildfire under blazing temperatures as another heat wave hits the U.S. West this weekend, prompting an excessive heat warning for inland and desert areas.
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