Tens of thousands still stranded by Burning Man flooding in Nevada desert

Tens of thousands of partygoers were still stranded Monday morning in the northern Nevada desert after a late-summer storm turned a week-long counterculture fest into a mud pit. Burning Man organizers said the main road leading out of the festival was still too muddy for a mass exodus of RVs and vehicles to safely exit but hoped traffic could begin flowing around noon Monday. Organizers closed the festival to vehicles after more than a half an inch (1.3 centimetres) of rain on Friday drenched th