Burning Man

Burning Man concertgoers exiting Black Rock City, Nevada, created a traffic jam Tuesday. Flooding and mud had left more than 70,000 people stranded over Labor Day weekend.

The rain came and left a muddy swamp. Yet, the spirit of Burning Man held strong for thousands who made it through the storm and waited for the sun to dry the earth enough for them to finally drive home Monday. “As former military from San Diego, I’ve seen a lot worse mud in a lot worse places. So,...

It’s a super slow “exodus” for Burning Man attendees trapped at the venue NBC 7’s Joe Little has the story.

Muddy roads that left tens of thousands of partygoers stranded for days at a counterculture festival had dried up enough by Monday afternoon to allow them to begin their exodus from the northern Nevada desert.

Bill Huey from San Diego says that despite the mud and rain storms, he still plans to continue attending Burning Man events in the future.

Thousands of people are rationing water and food at Burning Man until it dries up enough for them to leave. NBC 7’s Kelvin Henry spoke to one attendee from San Diego about his experience.

With just a few days to go before this year’s Burning Man festival, and delays due to flooding from Tropical Storm Hilary, a team of local artists, mathematicians and engineers is working around the clock to reconstruct a high-tech sculpture in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert.

NBC 7’s Audra Stafford explains how an art piece aims to solve a problem that’s 100 years old.