 of rain fell at the festival site on Friday. The annual gathering in the Black Rock Desert about 110 miles (177km) north of Reno attracts nearly 80,000 artists, musicians and activists for a mix of wilderness camping and avant-garde performances. Many were left stranded with no working toilets following the freak weather. After the deluge the ground has dried out enough for campervans to drive out the area without getting stuck. Organisers say they are ready for a mass exodus of the 72,000 still stranded from Monday morning, local time. More than a half an inch (1.3cm) of rain fell at the festival site on Friday, disrupting this year's festival. One reveller recalled his escape saying: "It was an incredibly harrowing 6 mile hike at midnight through heavy and slippery mud, but I got safely out of Burning Man. Never been before and it was fantastic (with brilliant art and fabulous music)…except the ending." For all the latest on news, politics, sports, and showbiz from the USA, go to The Mirror US. 'We are a little bit dirty and muddy but spirits are high. The party is still going,' said Scott London, a Southern California photographer, adding that the travel limitations offered 'a view of Burning Man that a lot of us don't get to see.' The event began on August 27 and had been scheduled to end Monday, according to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, which oversees the Black Rock Desert, where the festival was held. Rumours of a mass virus outb){kind=link}
Chaos has ensued at Burning Man Festival in Black Rock Desert around 110 miles north of Reno, Nevada, amid rumours of a viral breakout and torrential rain which has led to a mudbath
Thousands of revellers are trying to flee Burning Man on foot after the week-long counterculture festival was turned into a quagmire of knee high mud following a sudden downpour.
This came amid rumours of a viral outbreak striking down festival-goers. Organisers shut the festival down and one death was reported after more than a half an inch (1.3cm) of rain fell at the festival site on Friday. The annual gathering in the Black Rock Desert about 110 miles (177km) north of Reno attracts nearly 80,000 artists, musicians and activists for a mix of wilderness camping and avant-garde performances.
Many were left stranded with no working toilets following the freak weather. After the deluge the ground has dried out enough for campervans to drive out the area without getting stuck. Organisers say they are ready for a mass exodus of the 72,000 still stranded from Monday morning, local time.
More than a half an inch (1.3cm) of rain fell at the festival site on Friday, disrupting this year’s festival. One reveller recalled his escape saying: “It was an incredibly harrowing 6 mile hike at midnight through heavy and slippery mud, but I got safely out of Burning Man. Never been before and it was fantastic (with brilliant art and fabulous music)â¦except the ending.”