The popular Burning Man art festival in Black Rock, Nevada, took a turn for the worse on Saturday when heavy rainfall caused unprecedented flooding.
Heavy Floods Shut Down Burning Man: Sticky Mud, Roads Closed, Thousands Told to Conserve Food and WaterThe popular Burning Man art festival in Black Rock, Nevada, took a turn for the worse on Saturday when heavy rainfall caused unprecedented flooding, closing roads and leaving attendees stranded in the muddy desert.
The rainfall came swiftly and reportedly forced “thousands of Burning Man attendees” to trudge through the sloppy mud with many going barefoot or having to wear plastic bags on their feet. Organizers were also forced to close roads into the festival while advising attendees to “shelter in place and conserve food, water and other supplies,” according to“Vehicular gates will be closed for the remainder of the event, which began on Aug. 27 and was scheduled to end on Monday, according to the U.S.
“Attendees saw their campsites transformed by thick, ankle-deep mud and organizers halted vehicles from traveling in or out of the festival after heavy rains started saturating the area Friday evening,” noted . “Some festival-goers hiked miles to reach main roads while others hoped storms forecasted to hit the area overnight wouldn’t worsen conditions.”Festivalgoers took to social media to illustrate the chaos. DJ and music producer Diplo shared a video on X, formerly Twitter, on Saturday showing comedian Chris Rock piled onto a truck with other people to leave:
“Just walked 5 miles in the mud out of Burning Man with Chris Rock and a fan picked us up,” said Diplo.
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