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From Burning Man to Woodstock to Fyre Festival: what turns a festival into a disaster?

This year’s Burning Man Festival in Nevada has been washed out and 70,000 attendees are stuck in the mud. Summer rains have hit its desert location and, as we regularly find in the Australian Outback, when fine and dusty desert soils get wet, they are like glue. Transport becomes near…

The Conversation

Burning Man is ending, but the cleanup from heavy flooding is far from over

The rain clouds have passed and the temple has burned

The Independent UK

Snorting drugs in drenched yurts and tales from the Burning Man 'mudpocalypse'

The deluge that turned the playa into a giant mud pit forced revelers to hunker down in drenched tents, but calls for caution and sobriety were interpreted loosely.

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Yes, it’s OK to laugh at wealthy Burning Man attendees mired in muck

Maybe it feels satisfying to see the US elite in discomfort because we’re so unlikely to see them face accountability in normal life

The Guardian - US

Burning Man festival attendee’s suspected cause of death revealed as mass exodus continues – live

Exodus from the Burning Man festival continues with officials saying frustrated attendees ‘lashed out’ at each other in the chaos

The Independent UK

Fake social media posts on Burning Man festival stir conspiracy theory frenzy

Rumors and fake posts about an Ebola outbreak posted on TikTok and Twitter led to a rapid spread of misinformation

The Guardian - US

Burning Man death caused by suspected drug intoxication

Leon Reece, 32, was found unresponsive on the remote and weather-hit Nevada festival grounds on Friday

The Independent UK

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Mocking Burning Man's muddy catastrophe

Memes about the trapped festivalgoers remind us of the Titan submarine that captured the nation this summer

Salon

Princess Stephanie of Monaco’s daughter Pauline documents exit from Burning Man amid rain

Burning Man officials lifted driving ban on Monday

The Independent UK

Marjorie Taylor Greene claims Burning Man disaster was an ‘act of God’ and trapped revellers are ‘brainwashed’

Rampant – and debunked – conspiracy theories have spread online about the chaotic festival in the Nevada desert

The Independent UK

Burning Man attendees reveal how they’re dealing with festival amid the mud and rain

Despite the festival grounds turning into a massive mud pit, ‘Burners’ did not let that stop them from creating art and partying

The Independent UK

Wait times to exit Burning Man drop after flooding left tens of thousands stranded in Nevada desert

Partygoers stranded for days at the Burning Man festival by a late summer storm were allowed to start leaving Monday afternoon after muddy roads dried up enough for them to begin their exodus from the northern Nevada desert

The Independent UK

Viral country star Oliver Anthony among those ‘trapped’ at Burning Man amid flooding chaos

More than 70,000 people were trapped at Burning Man festival in Nevada as heavy rains flooded the desert

The Independent UK

Ted Cruz tries to reclaim joke amid Burning Man chaos after he fell for shark hoax

Texas senator was duped by the decade-old ‘Hurricane Shark’ hoax during Tropical Storm Hilary

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OPINION - NSPCC child protection alert over VR abuse: Tech and Science Daily podcast

Plus, Burning Man rain ‘monsters’ & comet Nishimura

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Burning Man attendees say learning to live with the unexpected is part of the program

Organizers had asked attendees to shelter in place on Saturday, as torrential rains turned the desert site into a mud pit. A driving ban has since been lifted, but exiting is still a trek.

The Independent UK

Burning Man revellers ‘lash out’ at each other during exodus from washout festival

After an exhausting weekend, revellers grew impatient as they endured eight-hour waits to leave the desert site

The Guardian - UK

Why all the Burning Man schadenfreude? Where do I start ...

Everyone piled in on the private jet-flying tech bros getting bogged down in the rain and mud. Can anyone blame us, asks Arwa Mahdawi

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Burning Man’s CEO insists there’s no reason to ‘panic’—despite Biden being briefed on thousands of attendees being trapped in the desert

"This is not ending the Burning Man event by any stretch, it just makes us stronger."

The Independent UK

Nevada sheriff bats away wild conspiracy theories about Burning Man festival

Claims of an Ebola outbreak at Burning Man were debunked by local authorities, as thousands leave the festival

Evening Standard

OPINION - Oh Burning Man, this is delicious schadenfreude

Not since the ineptly managed Fyre festival of 2017 have I taken such pleasure in the suffering of a group of unbearably obnoxious people.

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Burning Man revelers begin to leave festival after road reopens

Organisers of event in Nevada desert have asked people to stagger their departure after thousands were stranded over weekend. Plus, has US learned to cope with extreme heat?

The Independent UK

Burning Man 2023 news: Attendees make mass exodus after heavy rain and flooding stranded thousands

Burning Man revellers began leaving Black Rock City in Nevada on Monday following muddy conditions and heavy rainfall

Al Jazeera

Burning Man mass exodus begins after flooding trapped desert revelers

About 30,000 people remain at the site with some waiting to see the burning of a large wooden effigy shaped like a man.

The Conversation

Not burning, drowning: why outdoor festivals like Burning Man are reeling from extreme weather

Climate activists lined the road to this year’s Burning Man festival in Nevada to call out the “privileged mindset” of the Silicon Valley types who flock there – and the waste involved in creating a temporary city in the desert.

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