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Reshaped Death Valley park could take months to reopen after damage from Hilary

DEATH VALLEY JUNCTION, Calif. (AP) — Officials say it could take months for Death Valley National Park to reopen to visitors after Tropical Storm Hilary. The storm dropped more than 2 inches of rain on the park last month, forging new gullies and crumbling roadways. That is about what the park straddling eastern California and Nevada receives in a year. The park holds the record for the hottest temperature recorded on the planet, 134 degrees Fahrenheit, reached in 1913.

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