Thousands of revellers trapped by Burning Man mud bath after flash floods hit Nevada

The Burning Man festival has been known since the 1990s as a place for creatives and partygoers to let loose their free spirit. But attendees found themselves unexpectedly locked down on Saturday after flash floods blocked off roads, leaving them cut off from food and water. Organisers ended festivities and told a reported 70,000 people to seek shelter after rain turned the dusty seven square mile “playa” in Nevada to mud. Footage on social media showed prospective revellers wading across the Black Rock Desert, usually an arid historic lakebed in one of the driest areas in the United States. It is expected to take days for the mud to dry out after a “low pressure system” dumped between 15mm and 20mm of rain on the area on Friday, according to an update from the festival’s organisers. Authorities have halted access to the site, apart from for emergency vehicles, and any prospective attendees who have not yet arrived have been urged to stay away. Read more: #burningman #floods #mud #festival #nevada Subscribe to The Telegraph with our special offer: just £1 for 3 months. Start your free trial now: Get the latest headlines: and are websites of The Telegraph, the UK’s best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.