Inclement weather at the annual counterculture festival in the remote Black Rock Desert left portable toilets unusable as the roughly 70,000 attendees were advised to shelter in place and ration supplies.
in the Nevada desert have been trudging through ankle-deep mud in search of relief after downpours flooded the region over the weekend.
The annual counterculture festival in the remote Black Rock Desert, about 100 miles from Reno, is coming to a close as the roughly 70,000 attendees were advised to shelter in place and ration water and food supplies. Although the site is typically dry in the summer, the festival has faced weather-related difficulties in the past, from dust storms to heatwaves. The festival's entrance was closed after a rare rainstorm Friday made roads impassable. It rained for more than 1/2 an inch, which is roughly two to three months of rain for the area. Attendees, some who have gone for more than a decade, told CBS News they've never experienced a disaster similar to this one.
"We're not allowed out of the playa, the gates are locked," said Christine Lee."We've never seen anything like this." Sherilyn Lee, who was taking refuge in her RV, showed CBS News her camp and the surrounding area, with much of it sunken into several inches of mud.“Regrettably, unpredictable weather conditions have presented a unique challenge to the attendees of the Burning Man festival this year,” Washoe County Sheriff Darin Balaam said.
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