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Extreme heat in America’s Death Valley National Park is making it impossible for air ambulances to take off, says The Atlantic. Temperatures over 49ºC, now a regular occurrence in the valley, make the air too “thin” to give a helicopter the lift it needs to get off the ground and safely stay there. With no air support, rescuers have no option but to brave the blistering heat to help isolated casualties – facing the very same conditions that created the emergency
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