The world scouting body is urging South Korea to cut short the World Scout Jamboree as thousands of British scouts have begun leaving the coastal campsite because of a punishing heat wave. American scouts were preparing to pull out, too.
Attendees of the World Scout Jamboree cool off with water at a scout camping site in Buan, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 4, 2023. More than 4,000 British Scouts will leave the World Scout Jamboree at a campsite in South Korea and move into hotels this weekend, the U.K. Scout Association said Friday, as concerns grow after more than 100 participants were treated for heat-related ailments. Tents are pitched at a scout camping site during the World Scout Jamboree in Buan, South Korea, Friday, Aug.
Attendees of the World Scout Jamboree cool off with water at a scout camping site in Buan, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 4, 2023. More than 100 people were treated for heat-related illnesses at the World Scout Jamboree being held in South Korea, which is having one of its hottest summers in years. Attendees of the World Scout Jamboree beat the heat under a vine tunnel at a campsite in Buan, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 4, 2023.
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