Brutal Dust Storm at Burning Man Slams 'Exodus' Traffic

A dust storm slammed Burning Man in Nevada's Black Rock Desert on Monday, September 2 – the final day of the festival – forcing departing attendees to wait several hours in line before they could leave the area. This footage from Alejandra Haddad shows the dust storm bearing down and causing near-whiteout conditions as attendees were joining the lengthy 'exodus line'. According to Burning Man https://x.com/bmantraffic/status/1830706117800059173 organizers , some people were waiting in the line for more than five hours. It was the second year in a row that harsh weather impacted the festival's closure. In 2023, https://newswire.storyful.com/collections/burning-man-2023_6839 violent storms swept through the playa, turning it to mud and stranding thousands of people for days. (Footage by Alejandra Haddad/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)