Burning Man Site Rained Out & Flooded, Festival Goers Trapped

It’s pouring rain within the Nevada desert proper now, which implies Burning Man contributors are caught in a complete lot of mud … and that the entire thing is kinda on pause.

The annual competition — the place people make a pilgrimage to the center of nowhere for music, actions and enjoyable within the solar — was met with a downpour heading into the weekend … the previous couple of days to get pleasure from Burning Man, which now appears to be like to be all however ruined.

Check out these pics — obtained by TMZ — exhibiting off the aftermath of a monsoon that got here down in Black Rock Desert (the place BM is being hosted this 12 months). It’s a sloppy mess.

As you may see, there are campers and automobiles parked throughout … however all of them appear to be considerably sunken into the bottom on account of the mud that is shaped after the rainfall, which had gotten began the night time earlier than and trickled into Saturday itself.

The remainder of the panorama actually does not look Burning Man-friendly — and there is not actually a soul in sight both … usually, everybody can be out and about having fun with themselves.

No phrase on how lengthy this rain-out sitch will keep it up, however folks on the bottom inform us attendees really feel fairly trapped proper now … because the rain and dust have made shifting round nearly unattainable. and folk have been instructed to remain put till the circumstances subside.

The worst half – this may be the truth for an additional day or 2, because it’s anticipated to proceed raining — not less than in keeping with some forecasts. TBH, this feels like an utter nightmare.