Death Valley National Park may take months to reopen following Tropical Storm Hilary

The Death Valley National Park, which sits between California and Nevada, could take months to reopen after Tropical Storm Hilary dumped two inches of rain on the park.

, holds the record for the hottest temperature recorded on the planet — 134 degrees Fahrenheit, reached in 1913.

Matthew Lamar, a park ranger, told the Times that about 900 of the park's nearly 1,400 miles of roads have been assessed.

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