World Scout Jamboree participants unfazed by heat as more relief supplies arrive

Record ID: 1736509

  • Title: World Scout Jamboree participants unfazed by heat as more relief supplies arrive
  • Date: 4th August 2023
  • Summary: BUAN, SOUTH KOREA (AUGUST 4, 2023) (REUTERS) WORLD SCOUT MEMBERS WALKING AROUND BOOTHS OF PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES FLAGS AT THE MAIN CAMP AREA SCOUT MEMBERS DANCING SCOUT MEMBERS WALKING AROUND BOOTH AREA SCOUT MEMBER USING PAPER FAN BRITISH BOOTH AT WORLD SCOUT JAMBOREE EMBLEM OF THE BRITISH TEAM MAN DRINKING POCARI SWEAT (SOUNDBITE) (English) CONTINGENT SUPPORT MEMBER OF BRITISH SCOUT TEAM, MATTHEW, FIRST NAME ONLY GIVEN, SAYING: "We are fully aware of the temperature conditions. We've been on site for a while supporting our team and our members here as well. We're putting in lots of support for our young people to make sure they have an incredible experience stuff. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. And for our people, making sure that they are having best support available. And we've put a lot of revision in such as getting extra water, making sure we've got Pocari Sweat, a really familiar thing that lots of people have held here, making sure we're acting on the extra shade. So we're providing our young people with extra shade opportunities as well." SUNLIGHT BETWEEN CLOUDS / TENTS OF VARIOUS COUNTRIES U.S. FLAGS HANGING FROM BOOTH U.S. SCOUT TEAM INSTRUCTOR THROWING LASSO VARIOUS OF SCOUTS LEARNING HOW TO THROW LASSO (SOUNDBITE) (English) LEADER OF U.S. SCOUT TEAM, RICHARD, FIRST NAME ONLY GIVEN, SAYING: "It's hot in here. I'll be the first to admit it. It is very warm and humid. They're doing all kinds of things to help us out. They're putting extra buses on line, they're putting ice in our camps for us. They are just, you know, they're fixing, there was a couple of water issues here and there. They're fixing those as so that we can have everything working the way it should. I think it's going to be a great camp all in all." VARIOUS OF SCOUTS FANNING THEMSELVES WITH PAPER FANS SCOUTS SITTING AND WALKING SCOUT WEARING SHORT COOLING BUS AT CAR PARK SCOUT MEMBER SITTING IN BUS SOUTH KOREAN OFFICIALS DELIVERING BOX OF HEAT-RELIEF SUPPLIES TENTS SCOUTS USING WATER SHIRTLESS SCOUT MEMBERS WALKING AROUND TENT AREA AMBULANCE DRIVING AWAY
  • Embargoed: 18th August 2023 09:40
  • Keywords: Buan Jamboree South Korea cooling bus heat scout summer weather
  • Location: BUAN, SOUTH KOREA
  • City: BUAN, SOUTH KOREA
  • Country: South Korea
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Disaster/Accidents
  • Reuters ID: LVA001223904082023RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: World Scout Jamboree participants on Friday (August 4) said they were unfazed by the scorching temperatures as more heat-relief supplies arrived at the camp in southwest South Korea on Friday (August 4), after hundreds of the teenage participants fell ill this week due to unusual hot weather.
    Additional water trucks, cooling buses, air-conditioned spaces, sports drinks, and medics, have arrived on scene in Buan for the 39,000 participants, most of them scouts aged between 14 and 18, according to government officials.
    At least 600 people at the World Scout Jamboree, which kicked off in southwestern Buan on Tuesday (August 1), have so far been treated for heat-related ailments, according to the officials.
    The event coincides with the highest level of heat warning by the government in four years, as temperatures in some parts of the country exceeded 38 degrees Celsius (100.4 Fahrenheit) this week.
    (Production: Daewoung Kim, Jimin Jung, Minwoo Park)
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