Name: How 70,000 people got trapped at Burning Man
Uploaded: 2026-07-29T15:36:30.876Z
Duration: 59 s
Channel: The Weather Channel
Description: Months' worth of rain, a dry, ancient lakebed turned to a muddy mess and nowhere to go: the story of the Burning Man 2023 catastrophe.

ByMark Willard•

July 29, 2026

Updated: July 29, 2026, 12:05 pm EDTPublished: July 29, 2026, 11:38 am EDT

Two to three months' worth of rain, a dry, ancient lakebed turned to a muddy mess, 70,000 people, three days and nowhere to go: the story of the Burning Man 2023 catastrophe.