Hundreds of tourists drawn to Death Valley despite life-threatening heatwave

A stop sign warns tourists of extreme heat at Badwater Basin (Daniel Jacobi II/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

Hundreds of European and US tourists are being drawn to Death Valley National Park even though the California region known as one of Earth’s hottest places is being hit by a dangerous heatwave blamed for a motorcyclist’s death over the weekend.

French, Spanish, English, Swiss and US tourists left their air-conditioned rental cars and motorhomes to take photos of the barren landscape.