Sao Paulo
At the Burning Man festival, which takes place in the Black Rock Desert in the state of Nevada in the United States, more than 70,000 people are currently stranded due to the floods and mud that have hit the site.
The information comes from CNN, which heard from Sergeant Nathan Carmichael of the Pershing County Police Department about the conditions faced by participants at the famous counterculture event, which was first held in 1986.
The rains of the last two days have resulted in “very slippery and muddy” ground that “seems to stick to people and tires” and makes movement on foot or by car very difficult. As a result, many of the participants’ supporters get stuck on site.
Although some people managed to leave Burning Man on foot, the teams led by Carmichael and the festival organizers themselves urged people to stay put “until the ground is hard and safe enough to travel.”
CNN reports that there have been no shortages of food or water so far and there is no panic in the atmosphere participants are “in good spirits,” the network says.
Local radars indicate that more rain is expected for Burning Man this Sunday afternoon (2). “Stronger storms may produce very heavy rainfall, small hail and wind gusts in excess of 40 miles per hour [aproximadamente 64 km/h]” says the NWS office in Reno, Nevada.
In Brazil, spectators of The Town festival, which has been taking place since Saturday (2) at the Autódromo de Interlagos, experienced rain showers on the first day of the event, without any major setbacks. For this Sunday (3) 90% rain is forecast from midday.