As thousands of people remain unable to leave the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert after heavy rains inundated their campsites with ankle-deep mud Saturday, authorities say they are investigating a death at the event.
Attendees were told to shelter in place in the Black Rock Desert and conserve food, water and fuel after a rainstorm swamped the area, forcing officials to halt any entering or leaving of the festival.
The remote area in northwest Nevada was hit with 2 to 3 months worth of rain – up to 0.8 inches – in just 24 hours between Friday and Saturday mornings. The heavy rainfall fell on dry desert grounds, whipping up thick, clay-like mud that festivalgoers say is too difficult to walk or bike through.
Climate change is only going to make this event harder and more dangerous in the future. I just hope the death toll stays at 1.
Agreed, it’d be a little unnerving if the toll reverted back to 0.
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Zombie would be an improvement on the personality of most burners.
If it did, then that was probably Ozzie Osborne waking up from his daily heroine overdose.
Do you think he’s into Wonder Woman, or is he an MCU loyalist for his daily heroine?
Honestly, for an event this size, a single death should surely be in the odds.
I believe the death was unrelated to the weather.