Based on Wednesday morning’s information, the Finnish scouts participating in the event have nothing to worry about.
In South Korea, hundreds of young people have been treated because of the heat at the scouts’ international giant event, the organizers say.
Organizers by on the first night at the campsite, about 400 people suffered from heat exhaustion.
People have been treated in a temporary hospital in the camping area.
The International World Scout Jamboree is currently underway in Saemangeum on the west coast of South Korea. About 43,000 scouts from different parts of the world participate in the camp.
The event is organized in North Jeolla province, where daytime temperatures have been around 35 degrees.
Hundreds of Finns participate in the event
From Finland, the scouts’ websites participate in the event by 900 scouts.
More than 600 of them are young people between the ages of 14 and 17 participating in the camp. About 300 adults went to the jamboree with the campers.
Anna Koroma-Mikkola, communications and marketing manager of the Finnish Scouts, tells STT that based on Wednesday morning’s information, there is no problem for the Finnish scouts, but the matter will be investigated in more detail during the day.
A Malaysian scout told a South Korean newspaper that the weather has been even hotter than in his home country.
– It was so hot that I got a migraine, he said.
The highest possible heat warning
The Korean peninsula is currently suffering from a heat wave.
The South Korean government has issued the highest possible heat warning for the country. So far this summer, 23 heat-related deaths have been reported in South Korea, Yonhap news agency reports.
According to Yonhap, the number of heat-related deaths has more than tripled compared to last year.
North Korea is also preparing for a heat wave. Temperatures are expected to rise to 37 degrees in some parts of the country.