Scouts, Including Hundreds of Canadians, to Evacuate Korea Jamboree Ahead of Storm

Scouts, Including Hundreds of Canadians, to Evacuate Korea Jamboree Ahead of Storm
British scout members leave the World Scout Jamboree campsite in Buan, South Korea, Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023. The Canadian Press/AP-Choe Young-soo/Yonhap via AP
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Tens of thousands of scouts, including hundreds of Canadians, will begin evacuating Tuesday from an international scouting jamboree along the country’s western coast before the expected arrival of a typhoon.
More than 1,000 vehicles will be used starting Tuesday morning to move 36,000 scouts—mostly teenagers—from the World Scout Jamboree in the southwestern county of Buan, said Kim Sung-ho, a vice minister at South Korea’s Ministry of the Interior and Safety.