US, UK scouts quit World Scout Jamboree campsite in Korea over extreme heat | Climate Crisis News
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on August 5, 2023
Hundreds of participants in scouting event in South Korea’s southwest have fallen ill due to soaring temperatures.
Scouts from the United States and the United Kingdom are leaving the site of an international scouting jamboree in South Korea after hundreds of participants fell ill due to extreme heat.
The US scouts will move to a US army base about 175km (109 miles) from the site of the World Scout Jamboree in South Korea’s southwest after taking part in the jamboree programme on Saturday, the Reuters news agency . . .
