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Firefighters made an effort to blow out a fire in Northern California as a result of high temperatures as another heat wave covered the western United States, warning of excessive heat for inland and desert areas.
The Death Valley River in the Mojave Desert in California hit 53 degrees Celsius (127F) on Saturday, according to a report by the National Weather Service in Furnace Creek. The extremely high temperature was 54C (129F) lower than the previous high.
If true, the 54 C reading would be the highest recorded since July 1913, when the Furnace Creek Desert hit 57 Ck (135 F) due to the highest temperature measured on Earth.
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