Organizers of the World Scout Jamboree in South Korea, who have been grappling with a debilitating heatwave for days, were preparing for a typhoon to batter their huge campsite with wind and rain
Participants play with a ball at the camping site for the 25th World Scout Jamboree in Buan, South Korea, August 4, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Jiwith a debilitating heatwave for days, were on Monday preparing for a typhoon to batter their huge campsite with wind and rain, officials said.
"To ensure the safety of the World Jamboree, we are discussing detailed countermeasures for the typhoon situation with relevant agencies including the interior ministry," gender equality minister Kim Hyun-sook told a briefing.The World Organization of the Scout Movement said in a statement it was monitoring the weather and would ask for help if heavy rain was likely to hit the campsite in an area of reclaimed land in Buan county in southwestern South Korea.
The U.S. and British contingents have already left because of the heat, with the Americans due to stay at a U.S. army base and the British at hotels in the capital, Seoul. Organisers have come in for criticism from parents and the public for failing to anticipate the heat.
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