Burning Man Mud Stranding (2023)

Burning Man Mud Stranding (2023) trapped 73,000 attendees in Nevada's Black Rock Desert after unprecedented rainfall turned the playa into mud, resulting in 1 fatality and a $2.5 million cleanup cost. The crisis lasted 3 days longer than the average festival evacuation, outperforming #8 The Who Concert Stampede in scale of isolation, yet causing 90% fewer deaths than that tragedy's 11 fatalities.