{"id":179674,"date":"2023-08-07T07:41:53","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T07:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=179674"},"modified":"2023-08-07T07:41:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T07:41:53","slug":"scouts-jamboree-disaster-continues-as-typhoon-forces-cancellation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/scouts-jamboree-disaster-continues-as-typhoon-forces-cancellation\/","title":{"rendered":"Scouts jamboree disaster continues as TYPHOON forces cancellation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Scouts jamboree disaster continues as TYPHOON forces South Korean event to be scrapped<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>4,500 British scouts were forced into hotels amid sweltering temperatures<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Now, the campsite for 40,000 scouts is in the path of\u00a0Tropical Storm Khanun<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>South Korea is preparing to evacuate tens of thousands of scouts from a coastal jamboree as a tropical storm bears down on the event, officials said today.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0jamboree has already been marred by hot temperatures which forced many &#8211; including 4,500 British scouts &#8211; off the site and into hotels at the cost of \u00a31 million.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of participants had been treated for heat-related ailments since the jamboree started on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Now, as\u00a0Tropical Storm Khanun looms, the World Organization of the Scout Movement said it received confirmation from South Korea&#8217;s government of the early departure for all participants in the southwestern county of Buan.<\/p>\n<p>That means quickly moving tens of thousands of scouts &#8211; mostly teenagers &#8211; from 158 countries out of the storm&#8217;s path.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/07\/07\/74032863-12379909-image-a-7_1691389288002.jpg\" height=\"409\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>British scouts arrive at a hotel in Seoul on August 5, 2023, after leaving the World Scout Jamboree in Buan, North Jeolla province due to high temperatures<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/07\/07\/74032867-12379909-image-a-8_1691389296909.jpg\" height=\"375\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Tents are pitched at a scout camping site during the World Scout Jamboree in Buan, South Korea, on Aug. 4, 2023. The campsite is now in the path of an incoming storm<\/p>\n<p>South Korea&#8217;s weather agency said the region where the jamboree has been will be affected by the storm as early as Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The country categorises Khanun as a typhoon, defined as a tropical storm with winds stronger than 61 kilometers (38 miles) per hour.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE:\u00a0Bear Grylls insists &#8216;It&#8217;s a Jamboree wherever Scouts are&#8217; after UK, USA and Singapore delegations escape 100F heatwave hell\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/07\/07\/74013313-12379909-image-a-20_1691390023413.jpg\" height=\"327\" width=\"274\"><\/p>\n<p>President Yoon Suk Yeol&#8217;s office said he called for &#8216;contingency&#8217; plans, which could include relocating them to hotels and other facilities in the country&#8217;s capital, Seoul, and nearby metropolitan areas.<\/p>\n<p>The site\u00a0is made on land reclaimed from the sea, making it particularly vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p>Long before the event&#8217;s start, critics raised concerns about bringing such large numbers of young people to a vast, treeless area lacking protection from the summer heat.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Organizers earlier on Monday were scurrying to come up with plans to evacuate the scouts ahead of the storm&#8217;s arrival.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>No details have been given on where the participants will stay until they return home, but Choi Chang-haeng, secretary-general of the jamboree&#8217;s organizing committee, said organizers have secured more than 340 evacuation venues, including community centers and gyms, in regions near Buan.<\/p>\n<p>About 40,000 scouts, mostly teenagers, from 158 countries came to the Jamboree at a campsite built on land reclaimed from the sea.<\/p>\n<p>About 4,500 were from the U.K., representing the largest national contingent, while about 1,000 were from the United States.<\/p>\n<p>MailOnline revealed over the weekend how volunteers have been left &#8216;incandescent at the lack of leadership&#8217;\u00a0amid the chaos at the jamboree.<\/p>\n<p>Before news of the storm, the World Organisation of the Scout Movement on Saturday called for the event to be shelved in its entirety and asked South Korean organisers to &#8216;consider alternative options to end the event earlier than scheduled and support the participants until they depart for their home countries.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But the South Korean government conducted spot inspections on Saturday and found conditions were no longer as dire as has been claimed, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said, adding that after discussions with participating countries, &#8216;we decided to continue the event without stopping.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Former jamboree leaders and volunteers have blasted the UK contingent for censoring youngsters and leaders from exposing &#8216;the true scale of the mess&#8217;, while one parent said their child thought &#8216;they were going to die&#8217; amid the blistering heat.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A volunteer, who wished to remain anonymous, told MailOnline: &#8216;I am absolutely incandescent with the lack of leadership at the very top.&#8217;\u00a0She added that the chaos was being masked by leaders &#8211; and several volunteers believe that &#8216;had the true position come to light earlier, the situation may have been much better&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Scouts UK said it was &#8216;unaware&#8217; of any form of censoring going on.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Temperatures hit 35C (95F) in Saemangeum, near the city of Buan on South Korea&#8217;s west coast, where 43,000 participants were camping as of Friday.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/07\/07\/74032865-12379909-image-a-9_1691389300107.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Flags are displayed at a viewing deck overlooking the campsite of the World Scout Jamboree in Buan, North Jeolla province on August 5, 2023<\/p>\n<p>Other parts of South Korea have topped 38C (100.4F), forcing the government to issue the highest heat warning in four years.<\/p>\n<p>Among those in attendance is adventurer Bear Grylls &#8211; the UK&#8217;s chief scout since 2009 &#8211; who was filmed dripping in sweat as he delivered a speech at the opening ceremony. He had urged people to remain calm before the UK pulled members out.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday saw thousands of British children, aged 14 to 17, packing their bags at the campsite. The first wave of children arrived at hotels in Seoul &#8211; where they were met by Gareth Weir &#8211; the British Deputy Ambassador to South Korea.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>British scouts continued to evacuate to hotels across the weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12379909\/South-Korea-scout-jamboree-cancelled-typhoon.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scouts jamboree disaster continues as TYPHOON forces<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":179673,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23056],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Scouts jamboree disaster continues as TYPHOON forces cancellation - Pre Coin News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/scouts-jamboree-disaster-continues-as-typhoon-forces-cancellation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Scouts jamboree disaster continues as TYPHOON forces cancellation - 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