Death Valley's car concerns aren't just relegated to smoking brakes, either. Vehicle accidents are the leading cause of death ...

NASA satellite photos show lake formation. Between the two torrential downpours, Death Valley National Park's valley floor has received a record 4.9 inches in the past six months, far surpassing ...

Death Valley, hottest place on Earth, has history of floods — PHOTOS August’s natural disaster was the latest chapter in a series of floods that have damaged roads and buildings at Death ...

Tourists are flocking to Death Valley National Park — a narrow, 282-foot basin on the California-Nevada border — to experience how the triple-digit temperatures feel against their skin.

After a year’s worth of rain fell in a single day, photos shared by the National Park Service reveal the level of destruction that the tail end of Tropical Storm Hilary wreaked on Death Valley ...

Death Valley temperatures soared to 128 degrees Sunday, breaking the daily record of 127 degrees set in 2005 and 1972. It was expected to hit 125 on Monday. Record-breaking heat bakes Death Valley ...

A woman takes a photo of a thermostat reading 126 degrees Fahrenheit and 52 degrees Celsius at the Furnace Creak Visitors Center in Death Valley National Park, Calif., Sunday, July 7, 2024.

Each year, Death Valley receives an average of around 2.2 inches of rainfall. For contrast, the average amount of rainfall for the U.S. in total was about 30.3 inches in 2020.

Officially, Death Valley reached 134 degrees on July 10, 1913. But that record has been questioned by several climatologists — as has the next-highest temperature: 131 degrees measured in Kebili ...

Death Valley’s fault system, known for producing strong earthquakes, has a history of significant seismic activity. Dr. Rowe explains that the recent earthquakes raise concerns because of Death ...