Thousands of people attending Burning Man have been told to conserve water and food after thick mud made roads inaccessible.
After heavy rainfall caused thick mud to inundate roadways, tens of thousands of Burning Man revelers were left stranded in a remote section of the Nevada desert.
Access to and from Black Rock City was closed"for the remainder of the event" after rainfall pummeled the area Friday night and Saturday morning, turning the sandy desert into thick mud, organizers said in a statement emailed toon Saturday night. The weather was so severe it triggered a"shelter in place" alert, where attendees were urged to conserve food, water and fuel.
Burning Man, according to the website, is not a festival but rather a"community and global cultural movement" that is based onThe Burning Man website warns that attendees are responsible for their own survival and must be ready for harsh desert conditions. "Burning Man is a community of people who are prepared to support one another," Debucquoy-Dodley said to."We have come here knowing this is a place where we bring everything we need to survive. It is because of this that we are all well-prepared for a weather event like this."
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