Chris Rock & Diplo Escape Flooded Burning Man After Hitching A Ride With Fan!
perezhilton.comThings have not been smooth sailing at Burning Man this year. For those who haven’t been keeping up, a massive rainstorm left Nevada’s Black Rock Desert completely flooded over the weekend, thus stranding more than 70,000 attendees.
Local officials asked festival-goers to “shelter in place” due to the inclement weather and conserve their food and water. Organizers even have requested anyone traveling to Burning Man to turn around and head back home.
Per the festival’s traffic page on X (Twitter) on Saturday, they have shut down the Black Rock City gates and will not allow any cars on the grounds except for emergency vehicles: Related: Sandoval Gets Caught In Heated Altercation During VPR Filming! As of Sunday, the gates are still closed, and organizers told guests right now to “stay safe.” This means thousands of people are still stranded in the desert, and it is unknown when they will be given the all-clear to return home since more heavy rainfall and thunderstorms are happening throughout Sunday.
Sadly, a press release from the Pershing County Sheriff’s Office also revealed there has been one casualty, which happened “during this rain event,” per a Saturday press release from the sheriff’s department.
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