Hundreds of scouts suffer heat exhaustion in Korean heat wave
- Hundreds of scouts at a massive jamboree in South Korea suffered heat exhaustion, organisers said on Wednesday, as the peninsula battles a heatwave that has caused a reported spike in heat-related deaths.
In 2023, the event is being held in North Jeolla province where a heatwave warning is in place, with temperatures hovering at about 35 deg C daily. One Malaysian scout told a South Korean newspaper that the weather was even hotter than in his home country: “It was so hot that I got a migraine,” he said.
South Korea’s government has issued its highest-possible heat warning as temperatures soar this summer, with 21 deaths from heat-related illnesses reported so far, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported.Many of the deaths have occurred in the countryside, with elderly farmers passing out and dying after working outside in the sweltering heat.
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