Tens of thousands of people still remain trapped at the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert after heavy rains inundated the area and created thick, ankle-deep mud. The festival has actually descended into chaos with one person dead and thousands stranded at the Nevada desert festival after severe flooding. The person died during the event but local law enforcement are yet to identify the individual and reveal the suspected cause of death. The festival has been shrouded in misinformation that the gathering is housing an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus. The Burning Man festival spans a week. This year's event began on August 28 and was scheduled to end on September 4. The festival attracts nearly 70,000 artists, musicians, and activists for a mix of wilderness camping and avant-garde performances.
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00:00 Tens of thousands of people still remain trapped at the Burning Man festival in the Nevada
00:08 desert after heavy rains inundated the area and created thick, ankle-deep mud.
00:13 The festival has actually descended into chaos with one person dead and thousands stranded
00:18 at the Nevada Desert Festival after severe flooding.
00:23 The person died during the event but local law enforcement are yet to identify the individual
00:27 and reveal the suspected cause of death.
00:30 The festival has been shrouded in misinformation that the gathering is housing an outbreak
00:34 of the deadly Ebola virus.
00:37 The Burning Man festival usually spans a week.
00:40 This year's event began on August 28 and was scheduled to end on September 4.
00:45 The festival attracts nearly 70,000 artists, musicians and activists for a mix of wilderness
00:50 camping and avant-garde performances.
00:53 Northwest Nevada received two to three months' worth of rain, up to 0.8 inches in just 24
00:59 hours between Friday and Saturday morning.
01:02 The torrential rainfall whipped up thick, clay-like mud that festival-goers reported
01:06 was too tough to walk or bike through.
01:09 Attendees were told to shelter in place in the Black Rock Desert and conserve food, water
01:13 and fuel after a rainstorm swarmed the area, forcing officials to halt any entering or
01:19 leaving of the festival.
01:21 The torrential rains that turned roads and grounds into muck and left thousands of people
01:25 stranded at the Burning Man festival also put off the climax of the carefree celebration
01:30 of art, music and counterculture.
01:33 The annual burning of a man-like figure did not happen on Sunday night as had been planned.
01:39 Organizers said that the burn would instead happen on Monday night, adding that the muddy
01:44 conditions and rain had made moving heavy and fire-safety equipment to the site unfeasible.
01:50 The announcement marked the second postponement of the burn, which had been initially slated
01:54 for Saturday night.
01:55 Yesterday afternoon, a White House official had said that President Biden had been briefed
02:00 on the situation and that administration officials were in touch with state and local officials.
02:05 Revelers have been left to trudge through mud, mainly barefoot or wearing plastic bags
02:10 on their feet, after being urged to shelter in place and conserve food, water and other
02:14 supplies.
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