"Harrowing Hike Through Heavy Mud": US Music Festival Ruined By Rain, 1 Dead

Video footage showed costume-wearing "burners" struggling across the wet gray-brown site, some using trash bags as makeshift boots.

Tens of thousands of festival-goers were stranded Sunday in deep mud in the Nevada desert after rain turned the annual Burning Man gathering into a quagmire, with police investigating one death.

Video footage showed costume-wearing "burners" struggling across the wet gray-brown site, some using trash bags as makeshift boots, while many vehicles were stuck in the sludge.

All events at the counterculture festival, which drew some 70,000 people, were canceled after rain tore down structures for dance parties, art installations and other entertainment.