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More than 70,000 people were trapped at the Burning Man festival after heavy rain turned the land into a swamp.
The iconic activity takes place every year in Black Rock City, in the Nevada desert, United States.
Although some attendees were able to leave the venue as conditions improved, others were unable to leave because their vehicles were stranded in the mud.
The unusual storms came towards the end of the nine-day festival, when the biggest crowds arrive to see the grand finale: the burning of a giant wooden effigy.
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