The 37,000 Scouts, who hailed from 156 countries, folded up their tents before boarding over 1,000 vehicles for the evacuation
Carrying huge backpacks and water bottles, tens of thousands of Scouts began arriving at university dormitories, government and corporate training centers, and hotels around Seoul and other inland cities on Tuesday afternoon as the South Korean government evacuated the World Scout Jamboree ahead of a tropical storm.
South Korean officials say the Jamboree will continue in the form of cultural events and activities, including a K-Pop concert in Seoul Friday. Concerns had been raised beforehand about having such large numbers of young people in a vast, treeless area lacking protection from heat as South Korea grappled with one of its hottest summers in years. After the Jamboree began, hundreds of participants were treated for heat-related ailments.
Local government officials insist that the project remains key to the region’s economic future, despite its failure to deliver on early promises. Early Tuesday morning, the storm was centered 350 kilometers south of Kagoshima, a city on the southwestern tip of Japan’s main southern island of Kyushu. Khanun produced winds of 108 kph with gusts to 144 kph and was slowly moving north, the Japan Meteorological Agency reported.
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