Two female hikers found dead in Nevada state park

Two female hikers were found dead at a state park in southern Nevada on Saturday afternoon, as a deadly summer heat wave continues to scorch the southwestern United States. Nevada State Police said they were called in for a welfare check after a group of hikers reported the women had not returned from a hike at Valley of Fire State Park, about 65 miles north of Las Vegas. Officers arrived around 2:48 p.m. m. and requested a search and rescue team from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.

Search teams discovered the body of a woman on a trail in the state park and found the second woman dead in a canyon. Authorities have not released their identities or any other information about how they died. Nevada State Police are investigating the deaths. Southern Nevada remains under an excessive heat warning and temperatures reached 114F (46C) at the state park on Saturday, officials said.

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Two female hikers found dead in Nevada state park

A punitive heat wave caused by the climate crisis is believed to have killed five people in national parks since June 1, more than the usual number of deaths in a year, according to National Park Service figures. The deaths occurred in temperatures above 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius) in three national parks: Death Valley in California, Big Bend in Texas, and Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona.

On July 18, hiker Steve Curry, 71, was pronounced dead after collapsing outside a bathroom at the Golden Canyon trailhead in Death Valley. In Clark County, Nevada, there were seven heat-related cases as of mid-July, according to the Southern Nevada Health District.Read More……..