Tens of thousands of scouts leave global jamboree in South Korea due to storm Khanun.
The World Scout Jamboree, which is taking place in the county of Buan in the country’s southwest, will end on Tuesday morning, at which time South Korea will begin the process of removing over 36,000 young people from 156 different countries who are participating in the event.
SEOUL:
As Tropical Storm Khanun approaches, South Korea is getting ready to evacuate tens of thousands of scouts from a coastal jamboree location, according to officials on Monday.
According to Kim Sung-ho, a vice minister at South Korea’s Ministry of the Interior and Safety, the country will send out roughly a thousand buses to transport the 36,000 scouts from 156 nations from the World Scout Jamboree in the county of Buan beginning on Tuesday morning.
The majority of the scouts, according to him, will be housed at locations in Seoul, the nation’s capital, and the surrounding metropolitan area. Attempts were being made by officials to reserve slots at government training and educational establishments. The scouts would need to be evacuated from the encampment, which, according to the event planners, won’t be utilised for any other events after they depart, in at least six hours, according to Kim.
The declaration followed a statement from The World Organisation of the Scout Movement in which it urged South Korea to immediately evacuate the scouts from the storm’s path and “provide all necessary resources and support for participants during their stay and until they return to their home countries.”
Khanun was predicted to make landfall in South Korea on Thursday morning, bringing with it gusts that might reach 118 to 154 kilometres per hour (73 to 95 miles per hour). According to the service, the storm could begin to have an impact on large portions of the country’s south as early as Wednesday, including Buan.
The office of President Yoon Suk Yeol stated that he demanded “contingency” arrangements, which would entail moving them to hotels and other facilities in Seoul, the nation’s capital, and surrounding major cities. Khanun has been dropping torrential rain, cutting electricity to thousands of homes, disrupting train and aeroplane schedules, and taking an odd, meandering path over Japan’s southwest islands for more than a week. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, it had sustained winds of 108 kilometres per hour (67 miles per hour) on Monday afternoon and was expected to keep at that intensity when it brushed Japan’s main island of Kyushu this week.
According to the agency, as of Monday afternoon, the storm was located around 160 kilometres (99 miles) east of Amami city on Kyushu, Japan’s southernmost main island. It was also gradually moving towards the north. It issued a warning to locals in the impacted areas to be cautious of mudslides, strong winds, and rough seas.
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