'The online rumors of transmissible illnesses in Black Rock City are unfounded and untrue,' festival organisers said
with around 70,000 people still stranded at the event in Nevada, USA after heavy rains caused flooding and forced road closures around the site.
A flash flood warning remains in effect for many parts of Nevada, according to the National Weather Service. “When you get pushed to extremes, that’s when the most fun happens,” said Brian Fraoli, 45, a veteran “burner” who works in finance in New York. A Burning Man participant makes their way through the mud in Black Rock City, in the Nevada desert, after a rainstorm turned the site into mud , including false claims about a possible Ebola outbreak at the festival. Organisers released a statement denying this, saying: “The online rumors of transmissible illnesses in Black Rock City are unfounded and untrue.”
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