Tens of thousands of people attending the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert are being told to conserve food, water and fuel as they shelter in place in the Black Rock Desert after a heavy rainstorm pummelled the area, festival organizers said.
Attendees at the annual festival were surrounded by thick, ankle-deep mud and organizers halted vehicles from travelling in or out of the area after heavy rains started saturating the area starting Friday evening.Hannah Burhorn, a first-time attendee at the festival, told CNN in a phone interview Saturday the desert sand has turned into thick clay and puddles and mud are everywhere.
“Do not travel to Black Rock City! Access to the city is closed for the remainder of the event, and you will be turned around,” one statement read. The festival, which began in 1986, is held each summer in Black Rock City – a temporary metropolis that is erected annually for the festival. Some on-site preparations for this year’s Burning Man were impacted by tropical storm Hilary in August, with high winds, rainfall and even flooding reported in the desert, CNN reported.
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