Climate change is becoming a major problem worldwide. The temperature in Death Valley, located between the US states of California and Nevada, reached 54.4 degrees Celsius (130 degrees Fahrenheit), the highest temperature recorded in the country since 1913, according to the National Weather Service. “Death Valley, California recorded a high temperature of 130 degrees Fahrenheit at 3.41 p.m. on Sunday. This temperature was measured at Furnace Creek near the visitors’ centre using a National Weather Service owned automated observation system,” Xinhua news agency quoted the NWS as saying in a statement.

The head of the World Meteorological Organization, Randy Cervany, said that all the facts I have given so far have been based on a valid inspection. He wrote in an email to the Washington Post that on behalf of the Metrological Organization, I recommend that this survey be accepted first. He said that in the coming weeks, we will definitely examine the details with the National Climate Extreme Committee.

This area is said to be the highest temperature on earth so far. Higher temperatures were also recorded earlier, but they could not be verified. This area of ​​California, which is suffering from severe heatstroke, is known worldwide as ‘Valley of Death’. Significantly, this valley is located in the Mojave Desert of California. This valley is long but narrow but surrounded by high mountains. Even at night, the temperature here is between 28 and 37 degrees. Death Valley is the lowest and driest place in the US and one of the hottest locations in the world at the height of summer. It clocked the highest temperature ever recorded at 56.7 degrees Celsius (134 degrees Fahrenheit) on July 10, 1913.

So what makes Death Valley such an oven? A unique set of environmental factors send temperatures soaring in the desert region, forcing adaptations among the plants and animals that live there. The Sun’s rays bake the valley, which dips 282 feet below sea level and is surrounded by mountain ranges on all sides. Hot air in Death Valley rises and trapped by the surrounding mountain ranges. It cools and falls back into the valley, where it is compressed and heated by air pressure found at such low elevations. Death Valley may have the hottest recorded air temperature on Earth, but there are other hot spots on Earth.