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Broiling heat is blasting the West again today in a deadly heatwave across Southern California, Arizona on Nevada that has a chance to break records.

Forecasters have their eye on Palm Springs, California, which they say could break the world record highest temperature, reaching in excess of 134 degrees Fahrenheit today.

The heat has already claimed one life.

Paramedics responded to a Las Vegas home without air conditioning on Saturday and found an elderly man dead. The man had medical issues and paramedics thought the heat worsened his condition.

Hot: Craig Blanchard, a Park Service employee, poses in front of an unofficial temperature gauge at the Furnace Creek Visitor Center in Death Valley National Park in California June 29, 2013

Game over: David Reyes, left, and Shavaar Hanes take a break from posing for photos with tourists as the Mario Brothers along The Strip, in Las Vegas, where mercury hit 117 degrees

Keeping it cool: Parker & Sons Air Conditioning warranty supervisor Michael Hawks cools off after inspecting an A/C unit, in Phoenix

Highs in Las Vegas reached 115 on Saturday, the fourth-hotted temperature ever recorded in the city.

In Death Valley, California, an unofficial thermometer recorded a reading of 130 degrees – just short of the 134-degree reading from a century ago that stands as the highest temperature ever recorded on Earth.

Official readings from Saturday placed the temperature at a balmy 125 degrees.

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The National Weather Service shifted its focus on Sunday to Palm Springs, in the Inland Empire, where they said the mercury could climb above the 134 mark.

Temperatures topped out there at 122 on Sunday.

Paramedics said another elderly man suffered a heat stroke when the air conditioner in his car went out for several hours while he was on a long road trip. He stopped in Las Vegas, called 911 and was taken to the hospital in serious condition.

The heat wave has sent more than 40 other people to hospitals in Las Vegas since it arrived Friday, but no life-threatening injuries were reported.

‘We will probably start to see a rise in calls Sunday and Monday as the event prolongs,’ the fire department said in a statement. ‘People’s bodies will be more agitated the longer the event lasts and people may require medical assistance.’

In Phoenix, the mercury soared to 119 degrees – the fourth-highest temperature ever recorded for the Arizona city. At Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, U.S. Airways canceled 18 flights because the company’s smaller planes could not handle the extreme heat. The larger Boeing and Airbus jetliners were not effected.

National Weather Service meteorologists in Phoenix baked cooking in their government-issued van – which reached temperatures of an estimated 200 degrees Saturday.

The cookies took four hours to cook and reportedly tasted ‘just like they came out of the oven.’

The heat was so punishing that rangers took up positions at trailheads at Lake Mead in Nevada to persuade people not to hike. Zookeepers in Phoenix hosed down the elephants and fed tigers frozen fish snacks.

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