BLACK ROCK CITY: Tens of thousands of festival-goers were stranded on Sunday (Sep 3) in deep mud in the Nevada desert after rain turned the annual Burning Man gathering into a quagmire, with police investigating one death. Video footage showed costume-wearing 'burners' struggling across the wet grey-b
BLACK ROCK CITY: Tens of thousands of festival-goers were stranded on Sunday in deep mud in the Nevada desert after rain turned the annual Burning Man gathering into a quagmire, with police investigating one death.
"It was an incredibly harrowing 6 mile hike at midnight through heavy and slippery mud, but I got safely out," lawyer Neal Katyal said on social media."No one should try this unless in good shape and part of a group. These are dangerous conditions to hike and will likely get worse." "You can't really walk or drive," a young woman with dreadlocks named Christine Lee, a circus performer, said on TikTok. Internet service was not available or patchy, she said.
Organisers urged festivalgoers to"conserve food, water and fuel, and shelter in a warm, safe space", saying the"playa" - the huge open-air esplanade where the event unfolds - was impassable.The festival was scheduled to conclude on Monday.The organisers warned only some four-wheel drive vehicles with all-terrain tyres were able to move.
Mobile cellphone trailers were being deployed and the site's wireless internet was opened for public access.
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