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Burning Man survived a muddy quagmire. Will the experiment last 30 more years?
Burning Man organizers don't foresee major changes in 2024 thanks to a hard-won passing grade for cleaning up this year's festival.
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Burning Man organizers don't foresee major changes in 2024 thanks to a hard-won passing grade for cleaning up this year's festival.
People who made it out of the desert from Burning Man are running into another problem. Some car washes are turning them away because there is just too much mud caked on their cars, trucks, and trailers. Car wash operators say the clay can seriously damage their equipment.
The traffic jam leaving the Burning Man festival eased up considerably Tuesday as the exodus from the mud-caked Nevada desert entered a second day following massive rain that left tens of thousands of partygoers stranded for days.
Two Sacramento natives stepped us through the soggy few days they've experienced.
While some festivalgoers brave the long lines to leave, others are set on staying.
Event organizers officially lifted a driving ban Monday afternoon and said "exodus operations have officially begun in Black Rock City" – the makeshift city that's erected annually for the event.
Storm weather trapped attendees in Nevada's remote Black Rock Desert this past weekend.
Visitors were told to stay where they were and ration food. Despite this, some people walked out. One person reportedly died after the storm.
Authorities in Nevada were investigating a death at the Burning Man festival where thousands of attendees remained stuck in a muddy mess Sunday, the result of flooding from storms that swept across the Black Rock desert.
The National Weather Service issued a flash-flood warning for the Vegas area. Officials are turning away visitors to Burning Man due to flooding. Those already at the festival are being told to conserve food and fuel as they shelter in place.
The entrance to Burning Man will be closed for the remainder of the event, which began on Aug. 27 and was scheduled to end on Monday.
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