Nevada authorities on Sunday said they were investigating one death after a severe rainstorm left tens of thousands of revelers attending the annual Burning Man festival stranded in mud, and asked that they shelter in place and conserve food and water.
The Pershing County Sheriff's Office in northern Nevada said in a statement that the death happened during a"rain event" on Saturday but did not provide details of the cause of death or the person's identity.
The Washoe County Sheriff's Office said the entrance to Burning Man had been closed due to flooding and anyone trying to get in"will be turned away." Videos shared on social media showed festival-goers in good spirits wading ankle deep in thick mud. The site is in Nevada's Black Rock Desert, a large, flat, ancient lake bed known as a playa.
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