{"id":589903,"date":"2023-09-05T02:59:06","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T23:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/burning-man-exodus-begins-as-stranded-festival-goers-exit\/"},"modified":"2023-09-05T02:59:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T23:59:06","slug":"burning-man-exodus-begins-as-stranded-festival-goers-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/burning-man-exodus-begins-as-stranded-festival-goers-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"#Burning Man \u2018exodus\u2019 begins as stranded festival-goers exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/AP23241625883790-e1693704036441.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Organizers of the annual Burning Man Festival said that a mass \u201cexodus\u201d has begun as a slew of storms caused extreme flooding in the area, leaving festival attendees stranded.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs of 2pm Mon 9\/4, Exodus operations have officially begun in Black Rock City. The driving ban has been lifted,\u201d organizers <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/burningman\/status\/1698816081023140199?s=20\">wrote<\/a> in a post on X, a platform formerly known as <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, on Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cExodus wait times coming shortly on<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bmantraffic\"> @bmantraffic<\/a>. The playa is still muddy in some areas,\u201d organizers added. \u201cStay on hard-packed roads and out of standing water.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The latest update comes hours after organizers initially said that festival attendees will be able to leave the storm-drenched area.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Organizers did note in a statement that there is \u201cstill too much standing water\u201d for many vehicles to safely evacuate the drenched area, adding that attendees should consider delaying their departure to \u201calleviate large amounts of congestion throughout the day.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been one day since organizers warned attendees that the roads were too dangerous to conduct its exodus, a term the festival uses referring to the festival\u2019s conclusion and exit process.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tens of thousands of attendees were stranded in the Nevada desert after storms swept through the area, prompting shelter in place warnings for festival-goers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Pershing County Sheriff\u2019s Office also said that it is investigating a death of a man at the festival, though organizers, who confirmed the unidentified individual\u2019s death, noted that the death was\u00a0\u201cunrelated to weather.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>This comes as the U.S. Bureau of Land Management said last week that the entrance to the annual counter-culture festival will be closed for the reminder of the event, which was set to end on Monday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. 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