Sure, but "Hell" could equally apply to underground on Earth or the surface of basically any of the planets of the solar system. The conditions on most of them would kill anybody within seconds in pretty gruesome ways. Swapping that one word makes the headline much more accurate, interesting, and information rich.

I really did not expect this to trigger the HN crowd so much. Changing this word would objectively make the headline more accurate.

Hell Town's hot, but according to the Wikipedia article has record highs of 42C in the summer - rough, but bearable. Not sure about the acidity, though.