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Thousands trapped in desert mud following Burning Man
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9/4/2023
Thousands are still trapped at the Burning Man festival in Nevada after torrential downpours turned the northern desert site into a thick mud pit.
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This morning in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, unusually late summer rainstorms
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turned the week-long Burning Man festival into a muddy mess, leaving tens
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of thousands of people stranded. The Pershing County Sheriff's Office saying
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one person has died. That death is under investigation. The torrential downpour
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forcing partygoers to take shelter this weekend, some trudging through muck with
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plastic bags on their feet. Revelers were told by officials to conserve food
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and water. "We're running, almost running out of the gasoline, so that's why in the
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daytime we mostly like stay without electricity." The conditions making
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traveling in and out of the area unfeasible. This video posted on social
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media by music producer Diplo shows him hitching a ride out of the festival
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Saturday with comedian Chris Rock after they walked five miles in the mud out of
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Burning Man. Despite that, spirits remain high for some partygoers on site. This is
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the best burn ever. Seriously, like this has given us the opportunity to rise to
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radical self-reliance and to support each other in the community and I'm
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having the best time. The annual counterculture celebration happening
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about a hundred miles north of Reno attracts nearly 80,000 artists, musicians
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and activists. Organizers have had to cancel the festival before due to COVID-19
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and dust storms. The White House says President Biden is monitoring the
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situation closely.
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Burning Man organizers say it's not clear when the roads will be dry enough
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to navigate, but they say they're hopeful to resume plans for the festival tonight,
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weather permitting. Em Wynn, ABC News, Washington.
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