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It could take months for Death Valley National Park to reopen to visitors after taking a beating from Tropical Storm Hilary. The storm dropped more than 2 inches of rain on the park last month, forging new gullies and crumbling roadways. That is about what the park straddling eastern California and Nevada receives in a year. The park holds the record for the hottest temperature recorded on the planet, 134 degrees Fahrenheit, reached in 1913.
It’s unclear when Death Valley National Park will reopen to visitors after heavy rains from Tropical Storm Hilary forged new gullies and crumbled roadways at the site of one of the hottest places in the world, officials said.
It could take months for Death Valley National Park to reopen to visitors after taking a beating from Tropical Storm Hilary. The storm dropped more than 2 inches of rain on the park last month, forging new gullies and crumbling roadways. That is about what the park straddling eastern California and Nevada receives in a year. The park holds the record for the hottest temperature recorded on the planet, 134 degrees Fahrenheit, reached in 1913.
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