Burning Man’s Black Rock Desert Site Is Now Dry Enough For Attendees To Leave

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A lightning bolt is seen over a crowd of people at Burning Man's Black Rock Desert site.

After flooded roads left tens of thousands of Burning Man attendees stranded for days in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, the ground has now dried up enough for burners to begin leaving the festival site.

Burning Man organizers began directing traffic out of the festival’s main road at around 2PM local time on Monday. Despite encouraging attendees to delay their travels, organizers estimated a festival exit wait time of around five hours.

Burning Man also asked festivalgoers to refrain from walking out of the site as others had done and shared on social media, including high-profile…