Event organizers said they started to let traffic flow out of the main road around 2 p.m. local time — even as they continued urging attendees to delay their exit to help ease traffic Monday. This photo, provided by Maxar Technologies, shows an overview of the center camp at the Burning Man festival on Monday, … Read more
The festival was closed to vehicles after more than a half-inch (1.3 centimeters) of rain fell on Friday. In this image from video provided by Rebecca Barger, festival goers are helped off a truck from the Burning Man festival site in Black Rock, Nev., on Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. An unusual late-summer storm stranded thousands … Read more
Despite heavy downpours that transformed the Nevada desert into a quagmire of mud and prompted officials to issue a shelter-in-place order, thousands of Burning Man attendees continued to revel on Sunday.On Sunday, authorities confirmed the unfortunate death of one person at the Black Rock Desert event, though details remained scant, with an ongoing investigation.Despite the … Read more
Tens of thousands of revelers attending the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert have been asked to shelter in place and conserve food and water on Saturday after a rainstorm turned the site into mud.Access to and from Black Rock City, the event’s site, was closed “for the remainder of the event,” organizers said … Read more