Death Valley doesn’t sound like a place anyone would want to visit. With summertime temperatures regularly soaring well into the triple digits, even in the shade, it can feel like an inferno.

Visitors normally flock to Death Valley National Park to feel the searing heat and take in the barren landscape. This fall, they’ve been drawn by a different natural feature: water. Visitors ...

California’s Death Valley could reach a scorching 130 degrees next week and come close to breaking its blistering world record as parts of the West, Southwest and Mid-Atlantic are under an ...