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Tens of thousands still stranded by Burning Man flooding in Nevada desert

Headline from NBC Los Angeles, from the development of Sep 3, 2023

Newest development Sep 5, 2023 · 3 reportsBurning Man attendees face hours in long traffic jams as they leave festival after storms, flooding

Partygoers stranded at a counterculture festival by a late summer storm hoped muddy roads would reopen Monday and allow them to begin their exodus from the northern Nevada desert.

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    Tens of thousands still stranded by Burning Man flooding in Nevada desert

    Headline from NBC Los Angeles ·

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    Burning Man attendees face hours in long traffic jams as they leave festival after storms, flooding

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  1. KOB 4

    Burning Man flooding strands tens of thousands at Nevada site; authorities are investigating 1 death (opens KOB 4)

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    KOB 4's feed description

    An unusual late-summer storm turned a week-long counterculture fest into a sloppy mess, with tens of thousands of partygoers stuck in foot-deep mud and with no working toilets in the northern Nevada desert.

  2. Fox10 Phoenix

    Burning Man 2023: Death under investigation as flooding strands thousands (opens Fox10 Phoenix)

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    Fox10 Phoenix's feed description

    Tens of thousands of people gathered for the Burning Man festival remain have been stranded in the Nevada desert after storms that swept through the area.

  3. Wall Street Journal

    Heavy Rain Leaves Burning Man Stuck in Mud (opens Wall Street Journal)

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    Wall Street Journal's feed description

    A storm dropped nearly an inch of rain on the arid desert where Burning Man is taking place, prompting organizers to close the gates to traffic and order tens of thousands of participants to shelter in place.

  4. ABC 13 Houston

    1 death under investigation as thousands at Burning Man festival confined in desert, authorities say (opens ABC 13 Houston)

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    ABC 13 Houston's feed description

    Authorities are investigating a death at the Burning Man festival after a rain event stranded thousands of festivalgoers Saturday.

  5. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Death under investigation at Burning Man as flooding strands thousands at Nevada festival site (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    Minneapolis Star Tribune's feed description

    Authorities in Nevada were investigating a death at the site of the Burning Man festival where thousands of attendees remained stranded Saturday night as flooding from storms swept through the Nevada desert.

  6. WSVN Miami

    Tens of thousands at Burning Man told to conserve water and food after heavy rains leave attendees stranded in Nevada desert - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports (opens WSVN Miami)

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    WSVN Miami's feed description

    (CNN) — Tens of thousands of people attending the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert are being told to conserve food, water and fuel as

  7. KEZI Eugene

    Death investigated at Burning Man while 70,000 festival attendees remain stuck in Nevada desert after rain (opens KEZI Eugene)

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    KEZI Eugene's feed description

    Authorities are investigating a death at the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert as thousands of people remain trapped on the site after heavy rains inundated the area and

  8. ABC 7 New York

    Thousands at Burning Man told to conserve water, food after flooding leaves them confined in desert (opens ABC 7 New York)

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    ABC 7 New York's feed description

    Tens of thousands of people attending the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert are being told to conserve food and water as they shelter in place amid flooding.

  9. France 24

    Desert downpours dampen spirits of Burning Man festival in Nevada (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    Thousands of people were ordered to shelter in place at the Burning Man festival in the western state of Nevada on Saturday after heavy rains turned the desert site into a mud pit and forced organizers…

  10. NPR

    The latest on the Burning Man flooding (opens NPR)

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    NPR's feed description

    Authorities are investigating a death at the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert after tens of thousands of people are stuck in camps because of rain.

  11. NBC Chicago

    Death at Burning Man investigated as rain-soaked festival asks attendees to shelter in place (opens NBC Chicago)

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    NBC Chicago's feed description

    Movement in and out of Black Rock City has been halted and the airport is closed, according to organizers.

  12. Delaware Public Media

    Thousands of Burning Man attendees are stranded in the Nevada desert (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    Delaware Public Media's feed description

    Authorities are investigating a death at the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert after tens of thousands of people are stuck in camps because of rain.

  13. Newsweek

    Burning Man descends into chaos: At least 1 dead as 70,000 remain stranded (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    One person died as flooding from storms swept through the usually dry and dusty Nevada desert during the counterculture festival.

  14. NBC 6 South Florida

    Burning Man flooding strands tens of thousands at Nevada site (opens NBC 6 South Florida)

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    NBC 6 South Florida's feed description

    Tens of thousands of people gathered for the Burning Man festival remain have been stranded in the Nevada desert after storms that swept through the area.

  15. The Oregonian

    Burning Man flooding strands thousands in Nevada; authorities investigate 1 death (opens The Oregonian)

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    The Oregonian's feed description

    Organizers closed vehicular access to the counterculture festival and attendees trudged through mud, many barefoot or wearing plastic bags on their feet.

  16. BizPac Review

    Thousands of Burning Man festival-goers stranded after heavy rains, told to conserve water and food (opens BizPac Review)

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    BizPac Review's feed description

    Tens of thousands advised to shelter in place at Burning Man festival after heavy rainfall imposed risks of hypothermia and food poisoning.

  17. KTVZ Bend

    Tens of thousands at Burning Man told to conserve water and food after heavy rains leave attendees stranded in Nevada desert (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    KTVZ Bend's feed description

    By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — 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 pummeled the area, festival organizers said.

  18. Hot Air

    Burning Man Festival too soaked to light a match, participants "shelter in place" (opens Hot Air)

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    Hot Air's feed description

    More than 73,000 Burning Man attendees were told to stay at their camps Saturday and are blocked from leaving the event after a slow-moving rainstorm turned their desert playground into a soupy, mudd...

  19. WHDH Boston

    Entrance to Burning Man in Nevada closed due to flooding. Festivalgoers urged to shelter in place - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    WHDH Boston's feed description

    RENO, Nev. (AP) — The entrance to the Burning Man counterculture festival in the Nevada desert was closed on Saturday and thousands of attendees were

  20. WFAA Dallas

    Thousands of Burning Man attendees trapped as flooding shuts down festival entrance (opens WFAA Dallas)

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    WFAA Dallas's feed description

    Festivalgoers at the annual event in the Nevada desert have been told to shelter in place and conserve food, water and fuel.

  21. CNN

    Live updates: Burning Man festival weather updates as rain strands thousands (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    Thousands of people are stranded in the Nevada desert after heavy rains swamped the annual Burning Man festival, leaving thick, ankle-deep mud. Follow for live updates.

  22. CNN

    Organizers say they still plan to "burn the man" if weather permits (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    Thousands of people are stranded in the Nevada desert after heavy rains swamped the annual Burning Man festival, leaving thick, ankle-deep mud. Follow for live updates.

  23. Charleston Gazette-Mail

    Burning Man flooding strands tens of thousands at Nevada site; authorities investigating 1 death (opens Charleston Gazette-Mail)

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    Charleston Gazette-Mail's feed description

    Tens of thousands of people gathered for the Burning Man festival remain have been stranded in the Nevada desert after storms that swept through the area. Authorities on Sunday were

  24. The Daily Caller

    Burning Man Attendees Forced To Shelter In Place Due To Flooding, One Death Reported (opens The Daily Caller)

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    The Daily Caller's feed description

    At least one person has been reported dead after torrential rains forced thousands of Burning Man attendees to shelter in place, officials say.

  25. Digital Journal

    Thousands stuck in deep mud at Burning Man festival (opens Digital Journal)

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    Digital Journal's feed description

    A satellite photo of the Burning Man festival site in Nevada taken on August 29, 2023 -- before rains began - Copyright Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies/AFP -Tens of thousands of drenched festivalgoers were stranded Sunday in deep, sticky mud in the Nevada desert after torrential rain turned…

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