The Latest Breaking News from Burning Man

Organisers of event in Nevada desert have asked people to stagger their departure after thousands were stranded over weekend. Plus, has US learned to cope with extreme heat?

Burning Man revellers began leaving Black Rock City in Nevada on Monday following muddy conditions and heavy rainfall

About 30,000 people remain at the site with some waiting to see the burning of a large wooden effigy shaped like a man.

Climate activists lined the road to this year’s Burning Man festival in Nevada to call out the “privileged mindset” of the Silicon Valley types who flock there – and the waste involved in creating a temporary city in the desert.

One reveller from London says she’s been ‘covered in mud for three days’ after torrential rain turned the festival site into a quagmire

Investigation underway into death of 32-year-old Leon Reece

Attendees – including Chris Rock and Diplo – walked miles to escape muddy chaos

Despite the festival grounds turning into a massive mud pit, ‘Burners’ did not let that stop them from creating art and partying

Burning Man goers are beginning their exodus after heavy rainfall caused intense flooding and muddy conditions

Attendees are leaving Burning Man after the festival descended into chaos over the weekend, as severe flooding left thousands stuck on site.

The mass exodus of tens of thousands of partygoers who had been forced by flooding to hunker down this weekend at a counterculture festival in the northern Nevada desert could begin Monday