Satellite images from just a few days ago show the festival area in the desert as an orderly area built around a circle. But after torrential rain, the desert festival is muddy. So muddy that only emergency vehicles are allowed to drive there.
Sunday morning writes the TV channel NBC San Diego that one person has been reported dead as a result of the torrential rain.
DRY: Festival area before the rain came
Photo: AFP
It let in 70,000 participants before the rain came. Now many of them are stranded there, and are being asked to seek shelter. They are also asked to conserve food and water.
Desert festival in Nevada hit by torrential rain
The area is closed until Monday, when the festival should be over, according to NBCNews.
Several celebrities are affected
One of those who attended the festival was comedian Chris Rock, writes VG.
MUD STICK: Chris Rock was in the mud.
Photo: AP
He has published a video on his Instagram account showing deep tracks in light beige mud.
He was stuck in the mud, but must have walked for eight kilometers before some fans helped him and DJ Diplo out with a car, writes Entertainment Tonight. The gate and airport on site are also closed.
Black Rock City in northwestern Nevada, where the Burning Man festival is held.
Didn’t expect better weather
Heavy rains hit Nevada on Friday, and there is a risk of flooding in both eastern and central parts of the state, according to the National Weather Service.
Nevada is usually it driest state throughout the United States, and in northwestern Nevada, August and September are among the months with the least rain.
Now, however, more rain is expected over the next few days, and conditions are not expected to improve sufficiently for vehicles to enter the desert basin, according to the authorities.
The festival has been organized since the 80s, and the highlight is usually the burning of a 12-metre high effigy.
BURNING: Burning Man from 2002
Photo: AP
It is a festival that has a wide range of cultural expressions. One of them can be seen in Oslo, namely the luminous tree on Tjuvholmen that financier Stein Erik Hagen bought after attending the festival in 2017.
OSLO TREE: Illuminated tree from the Burning Man festival in 2017.
Photo: Lise Åserud / NTB scanpix
2023-09-03 05:34:18
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