Death Valley is forecast to record Earth's hottest EVER temperature of 131F on Sunday, after experts claimed 134F record from 1913 is 'bogus', with tourists flocking to area to experience the dangerous heat
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California's Death Valley, the hottest place on Earth, could set a new world record high temperature this weekend as a blistering heat wave scorches much of the US.
The National Weather Service at one point this week forecast a high of 131F on Sunday at a station near the national park's Furnace Creek visitors' center, which would mark a world record.
'There's a decent chance that Death Valley will see a high temperature this weekend between 130 and 132F, which (if it occurs) would either tie or break record for the hottest temperature reliably measured on Earth,' tweeted climate scientist Daniel Swain.
Death Valley's 1913 record high of 134F has been disputed for decades by experts who believe the measurement resulted from a sandstorm that caused superheated particles to hit the thermometer.
