Burning man attendees begin to leave soggy festival site

The Burning Man Festival attendees began their slow exodus from the campsite in the northern Nevada desert after muddy roads that left tens of thousands of partygoers stranded for days dried up enough to make travel possible. Festival organisers said they had started to let traffic flow out of the main road around 2pm local time on Monday - even as they continued to ask revelers to delay their exit to Tuesday to ease traffic. As of Monday afternoon, they said about 64,000 people remained at the festival site. Organisers also requested that participants did not to walk out of the Black Rock desert as some others had done throughout the weekend. The festival had been closed to vehicles after more than a half inch (1.3cm) of rain fell Friday, causing flooding and foot-deep mud. #Burningmanfestival #Nevadaburningmanfestival #Nevadafestival ~HT.99~ED.102~PR.153~