INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Thousands of people remain trapped at the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert after heavy rains inundated the area and created thick,
The heavy rainfall fell on dry desert grounds, whipping up thick, clay-like mud festivalgoers said was too difficult to walk or bike
Sunday night.Emergency personnel responded to a call for service regarding a 40-year-old man Friday but could not resuscitate him,
the term used to describe sunken dry lake beds in deserts where water evaporates rather than running off, and even a small amount of rain
can quickly soak a large area.The rainy conditions forecast over the area for Sunday afternoon had mostly passed to the east of the festival
city except for emergency vehicles, the organizers said on social media
Black Rock City is a temporary metropolis erected annually for the festival and comes complete with emergency, safety and sanitary
said, noting people were advised to shelter in place until the ground has dried enough to drive on safely.Vehicles trying to drive out will
get stuck in the mud, Burning Man organizers said Saturday
and may have led to another death
An investigation is ongoing, Radke said in a news release.Difficult conditions, but some stay positiveSome festivalgoers hiked miles on foot
in the thick mud to reach main roads while others stayed at their camps, hoping for conditions to improve.Hannah Burhorn, a first-time
people are stranded at the festival, but typically more than 70,000 people attend the weeklong event
director of emergency management for Pershing County, told CNN.Amar Singh Duggal and his friends managed to leave the festival after hiking
about 2 miles in the mud, he told CNN
He estimated it took them about 2 hours to get to a main road where they arranged to be picked up and taken to Reno, about a 120-mile drive
Chris Rock.Rock posted a video on Instagram of thick mud and Diplo posted a series of videos in which he said a fan offered him and Rock a
ride out of the site.The DJ said they walked several miles and were able to get to a nearby airport.Meanwhile, attendees who typically
dedicate their time to making art and building community are now also focused on rationing supplies and dealing with connectivity
due to the weather, Burhorn told CNN via text message from a Wi-Fi camp.Still, the poor conditions have not stopped the creativity, said
Burning Man, said despite the muddy conditions making it difficult to walk, the weather has taken the meaning of the event back to its
the festival said in a statement on its website.Organizers are also resourcing four-wheel-drive vehicles and all-terrain tires to help ferry
medical and other urgent situations to the blacktop.There have been people who managed to walk to a main road and were waiting for transport
