the news now
This is a new development in a story we have covered before · earlier coverage

French Tourist Dies After Becoming Stranded in Death Valley

morning · · thread: Massive Wildfires Force Hundreds of Thousands to Evacuate in France and Spain

2 sources across 2 countries · Hungary · United Kingdom

Who reported this

  • Telex Hungary · Centre · Reader-funded, staff-owned
  • BBC News United Kingdom · Centre · Public · Licence fee, royal charter

What the colours mean

  • Left
  • Centre-left
  • Centre
  • Centre-right
  • Right
  • A hatched block means the outlet is affiliated with, or controlled by, a state.

Political lean describes where an outlet sits within the politics of its own country. It is never a position on a single global scale.

Political lean is comparable inside one country and not across them, which is why the bar groups by country first. Publicly funded broadcasters are not marked as state-linked.

The owner of each outlet is listed as a matter of record, not as a judgement about the outlet.

Every outlet covering this story shares the same political lean; read with that in mind.

A 68 year old French tourist, Pierre Michel Formosa, died in California's Death Valley after his vehicle became stuck in mud on West Side Road. The incident occurred last Monday during extreme heat reaching 46.6 degrees Celsius. Formosa and a French traveling companion attempted to walk across the salt flats to find help, but Formosa was unable to complete the 2.1 kilometer journey. His companion successfully hailed a nearby driver, and local authorities later found Formosa, who was pronounced dead at the scene. Mike Reynolds, the Death Valley National Park Superintendent, stated that the event is a heartbreaking reminder of how quickly conditions can become dangerous due to the heat, distance, and remoteness of the area. Coroners will determine the official cause and manner of death. An extreme heat warning remains in effect for Death Valley, which recorded a global high of 57 degrees Celsius in 1913. This incident occurs amid broader record heatwaves across the United States that have resulted in dozens of heat related deaths, including four hikers in the Grand Canyon during June.

How each side framed it

Centre
Outlets of this lean provided a factual account of the tragedy while contextualizing it within larger regional heatwave trends.

Sources

100% of the statements in this article were traced back to the source articles listed above.