- Title: South Korea heatwave drives UK Scouts out of world jamboree site
- Date: 4th August 2023
- Summary: BUAN, SOUTH KOREA (AUGUST 4, 2023) (REUTERS) TENTS ERECTED AT WORLD SCOUT JAMBOREE SITE / UNION JACK FLAG SEEN FROM DISTANCE VARIOUS OF UK SCOUTS WALKING AROUND THE TENT AREA TENTS AT THE WORLD SCOUT JAMBOREE SITE LETTERS ON BANNER READING (English and French): “25TH WORLD SCOUT JAMBOREE/ JAMBOREE SCOUT MONDIAL" BOOTH OF UK SCOUTS EMBLEM OF UK SCOUTS FAN MOVING MAN DRINKING POCARI SWEAT BANNER READING (English): "SCOUTS"
- Embargoed: 18th August 2023 17:17
- Keywords: Buan South Korea heatwave jamboree scout summer weather world
- Location: INTERNET / BUAN, SOUTH KOREA
- City: INTERNET / BUAN, SOUTH KOREA
- Country: South Korea
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Disaster/Accidents
- Reuters ID: LVA001232104082023RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Scouts from Britain, the largest contingent in South Korea's World Scout Jamboree, said on Friday (August 4) that they were moving to hotels in the capital Seoul for the rest of their stay, hoping to alleviate the pressure on the site, according to their website.
South Korean authorities pledged more water trucks, air-conditioned spaces, and medics for tens of thousands of Scouts suffering from a heatwave at the global event, which began on Tuesday (August 1).
"The UK volunteer team has worked extremely hard with the organisers, for our youth members and adult volunteers to have enough food and water to sustain them, shelter from the unusually hot weather, and toilets and washing facilities appropriate for an event of this scale," UK Scouts said.
Temperatures have hit 34 degrees Celsius (93F) in Saemangeum, the area of reclaimed land near the city of Buan on South Korea's west coast where 39,000 participants, mostly scouts aged 14-18, are camping. At least 600 have been treated for heat-related ailments, South Korean officials said.
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