Record temperature in California desert

Updated August 18 2020 - 11:12am, first published 9:39am
Tourists have taken selfies by an outdoor thermometer in Death Valley during an extreme heat wave.
Tourists have taken selfies by an outdoor thermometer in Death Valley during an extreme heat wave.

One of the hottest air temperatures recorded anywhere on the planet in at least a century and possibly ever has been reached at Death Valley in California's Mojave Desert, where it has soared to 54.4C.