SEPTEMBER 5, 2023:
BLACK ROCK DESERT, Nev. (AP) — Partygoers stranded for days at a counterculture festival by a late summer storm were allowed to start leaving Monday afternoon (Sept. 4, 2023) after muddy roads dried up enough for them to begin their exodus from the northern Nevada desert. An unusual late-summer storm turned the week-long Burning Man fest into a sloppy mess, with tens of thousands stuck in foot-deep mud and with no working toilets. The gathering in the Black Rock Desert north of Reno attracts nearly 80,000 artists, musicians and activists for a mix of wilderness camping and avant-garde performances. More a half-inch of rain fell at the festival site on Friday, the National Weather Service in Reno said. At least one death has been reported. But festival organizers say it wasn’t weather-related.
SEPTEMBER 3, 2023:
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Authorities in Nevada were investigating a death at the site of the Burning Man festival where thousands of attendees remained stranded Saturday night (Sept. 2, 2023) as flooding from storms swept through the Nevada desert. KNSD-TV reports the Pershing County Sheriff’s Office says the death happened during the event but offered few details, including the identity of the deceased person or the suspected cause of death. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management says the entrance to the counterculture festival will be closed for the remainder of the event, which is scheduled to end on Monday. Organizers are urging festivalgoers to conserve their food, water and fuel and to shelter in a safe place. The National Weather Service in Reno says at least another quarter of an inch of rain is expected Sunday.
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