What is Burning Man? All you need to know about the festival and floods

An unusual late-summer storm turned a weeklong counterculture fest into a sloppy mess with about 70,000 partygoers still stuck in deep mud as water and food supplies dwindle, with no working toilets in the northern Nevada desert.

Here is what to know:

Burning Man is a festival described as “a global ecosystem of artists, makers, and community organisers who co-create art, events, and local initiatives around the world”.

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