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1 day ago · More people are estimated to cross the Sahara desert than the Mediterranean Sea and deaths of refugees and migrants in the desert are presumed to be double those at sea. The report - “On this journey, no-one cares if you live or die” – spans a three-year data collection period and warns of an increase in the number of people attempting these perilous land crossings.
5 days ago · Just 147 U.S. personnel and 47 British troops were killed in action; for the duration of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, U.S. noncombat deaths actually exceeded combat fatalities in the Kuwaiti theatre.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
1 day ago · Yes, the Mojave Desert gets hot. But this heat will be record-breaking,” NWS Las Vegas warned. On its web page, Death Valley National Park warned visitors to "minimize time outside in heat."
1 day ago · The increased importance of air attacks from both coalition warplanes and cruise missiles led to controversy over the number of civilian deaths caused during Desert Storm's initial stages. Within Desert Storm's first 24 hours, more than 1,000 sorties were flown, many against targets in Baghdad.
2 days ago · Death Valley, structural depression primarily in Inyo county, southeastern California, U.S. It is the lowest, hottest, and driest portion of the North American continent. Death Valley is about 140 miles (225 km) long, trends roughly north-south, and is from 5 to 15 miles (8 to 24 km) wide.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Death Valley is in southeastern California in the United States. It lies near the undefined border between the Great Basin and the Mojave Desert.
- Death Valley is the lowest, hottest, and the driest portion of North America, noted for its extremes of temperature and aridity. Death Valley was a...
- Many species of animals live in Death Valley. Many of them have nocturnal habits. Rabbits, several types of rodents, coyotes, kit foxes, and bobcat...
- In summer the floor of Death Valley often exceeds 120 °F (49 °C). Ground temperatures as high as 201 °F (94 °C) have been reported.
- Winter minimum temperatures in Death Valley rarely fall to the freezing point. The lowest temperature recorded was 15 °F (−9 °C).
- Most rainfall is blocked by the mountains to the west, so Death Valley is extremely arid. During a 50-year period in the 20th century, the average...
2 days ago · The explosion also killed Mohammed Asim Suhail, a United Front official, while Mohammad Fahim Dashty and Massoud Khalili were injured. One of the suicide attackers, Bouraoui, was killed by the explosion, while Dahmane Abd al-Sattar was captured and shot while trying to escape.
3 days ago · Khalid ibn al-Walid ibn al-Mughira al-Makhzumi ( Arabic: خالد بن الوليد بن المغيرة المخزومي, romanized : Khālid ibn al-Walīd ibn al-Mughīra al-Makhzūmī; died 642) was a 7th-century Arab military commander. He initially headed campaigns against Muhammad on behalf of the Quraysh.
