California mountain and desert towns dig out of the mud tropical stormCrews worked to dig roads, buildings and care home residents out of the mud across a wide swath of Southwestern U.S. desert Monday, after a tropical storm to hit Southern California.
30 days over 110 F in Phoenix. But expected monsoon rains could cool historically hot SouthwestA historic heat wave that has blasted the U.S. Southwest throughout July is showing signs of abating with late-arriving monsoon rains.
Brutal heat wave makes Texas among the hottest places on EarthBlistering triple-digit temperatures across Texas this week have the state rivaling the hottest locations on the planet, including the Sahara Desert and parts of the Persian Gulf.
Couple found dead in Death Valley National Park in apparent murder-suicideAn elderly Las Vegas couple were found dead in California's Death Valley National Park in what authorities said Wednesday was a murder-suicide.
Death Valley route buried in floods closed for another weekAuthorities say a main roadway into Death Valley National Park will remain closed into next week as crews clean up after record-breaking rains damaged the roadway and choked it with mud, rocks and debris.
Death Valley hits 130 degrees as relentless Western heat wave adds fuel to wildfiresOn Friday, Death Valley, California, hit 130 degrees.