If forecasters are correct, and the summer's heatwave continues, Eastern California's Death Valley may soon break a world record.
The temperature in Death Valley National Park could skyrocket to 130 degrees next week, the National Weather Service is reporting.
If it does, it will set the record for the hottest temperature ever "reliably measured on earth", according to Scientific American.
Chris Outler, a forecaster with the weather service's Las Vegas office, which predicts weather in Death Valley, said there's a 20% chance the park will hit 130 degrees Monday and Tuesday.
"The threshold is certainly not out of the realm of possibility," Outler told USA TODAY.
A long-running heatwave that has already broken records, sparked dozens of wildfires and left about 130...
