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The entrance to the Burning Man counterculture festival in the Nevada desert has been closed due to flooding from storms RENO, Nev. -- Thousands of Burning Man attendees trudged in sloppy mud on Saturday — many barefoot or wearing plastic bags on their feet — as flooding from storms swept through the Nevada desert, forcing organizers to close vehicular access to the counterculture festival. Revelers were urged to shelter in place and conserve food, water and other supplies. Vehicular gates will be closed for the remainder of the event, which began on Aug. 27 and was scheduled to end on Monday, according to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, which oversees the Black Rock Desert where the festival is being held. More than one-half inch of rain is believed to have fallen on Friday at the festival site, located about 110 miles (177 kilometers) north of Reno, the National Weather Service in Reno said. At least another quarter of an inch of rain is expected Sunday. The Reno Gazette Jou...

An off-duty Utah firefighter came to the rescue of a skier who got injured in an avalanche on Wednesday while they waited several hours to get off the mountain. An off-duty Utah firefighter said he was in the right place at the right time when he came upon a skier half-buried in an avalanche this week, aiding in a rescue mission that took nearly eight hours. Tom Elbrecht, a firefighter with the Unified Fire Authority, was skiing with his dog on Wednesday morning in Neffs Canyon in Salt Lake City when he heard a person yelling for help. "I heard a very distinct 'help' from somewhere up on the hill, shouted back, got a response from the victim," Elbrecht told reporters Thursday. Tom Elbrecht, an off-duty firefighter who was skiing with his dog when he came upon a skier trapped in an avalanche, talks to reporters on Dec. 15, 2022. KTVX The skier -- a 35-year-old man -- had gotten caught in an avalanche estimated to be about 200 feet wide and up to three feet deep at ...