Buses began moving thousands of global Scouts from their campsite on South Korea's coast to inland venues ahead of a tropical storm that is forecast to bring intense rains and strong winds to the peninsula within days.
·A scout cools himself under a spray of water mist during preparations to leave the World Scout Jamboree in Buan, North Jeolla province, on Tuesday.
Tropical storm Khanun has meandered around Japan's southwestern islands for more than a week, dumping heavy rain, knocking out power and damaging homes. The jamboree attended by scouts from 158 countries started last Wednesday at the campsite on land reclaimed from the sea, and hundreds of participants already were treated for heat-related ailments during one of South Korea's hottest summers in years. Concerns had been raised beforehand about having such large numbers of young people in a vast, treeless area lacking protection from the summer heat. Organizers said the campsite will not be used for any event after the scouts leave.
More than 13,500 scouts will be accommodated at 64 different venues in Gyeonggi province, South Korea's largest province surrounding Seoul. About 3,100 scouts will stay in Seoul and another 3,200 will be sent to nearby Incheon. Nearly 9,000 scouts will be sent to 25 different venues in the North and South Chungcheong provinces in the country's central region, Lee said.
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