- Title: Thousands throng to leave Burning Man after festival washout
- Date: 6th September 2023
- Summary: BLACK ROCK CITY, NEVADA, UNITED STATES (SEPTEMBER 5, 2023) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF VEHICLES EXITING BURNING MAN FESTIVAL VARIOUS OF ABANDONED PICKUP TRUCK HIGHWAY 447 NEAR GERLACH, NEVADA, UNITED STATES (SEPTEMBER 5, 2023) (REUTERS) VEHICLES STUCK IN TRAFFIC GERLACH, NEVADA, UNITED STATES (SEPTEMBER 5, 2023) (REUTERS) HOUSE WITH SIGNS READING (English): "Leave no trace in Ger
- Embargoed: 20th September 2023 02:06
- Keywords: Burning Man festival garbage mud rain traffic
- Location: VARIOUS LOCATIONS
- City: VARIOUS LOCATIONS
- Country: US
- Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Floods,North America
- Reuters ID: LVA001959305092023RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Festival goers at Burning Man who had been stranded for days by mud began the long drive home following the reopening of the road out of the remote Nevada desert festival.
Unexpected summer rain turned the weeklong, annual counterculture arts festival into a muddy nightmare. When the road finally reopened, a long line of vehicles snaked through the desert, inching along in an epic traffic jam as event organizers urged drivers to take it slowly and consider delaying their departure to reduce traffic.
Every year Burning Man brings an estimated 70,000 people to the Nevada desert to dance, make art and enjoy being part of a self-sufficient, temporary community of like-minded spirits. Whilst rubbish was spotted along exit routes from the festival, nearby resident Frank Perticone told Reuters trash left behind was minimal this year.
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