Scouts evacuated ahead of looming storm

Thousands of scouts attending the World Scout Jamboree in South Korea are being evacuated ahead of the arrival of a severe tropical storm, days after hundreds fell ill amid soaring temperatures

FORECAST PATH
Predicted position at 06:00GMT each day

Wind danger/ ship avoidance area

RUSSIA

Around 36,000 scouts moved from campsite in Saemangeum, near Buan, to areas outside storm’s path

NORTH KOREA Pyongyang

AUG 12
AUG 11
AUG 10
AUG 9
AUG 8

SOUTH KOREA Buan
Seoul

Yellow Sea
(West Sea)

Sea of Japan (East Sea)

JAPAN
Tokyo

CHINA
Beijin

World Scout
Jamboree: Over 40,000 scouts from 158 countries.
Plagued by issues including heatwave and flooding

UK, U.S. and Singapore have already pulled 125 miles teams from campsite

Japan: Then Typhoon Khanun forced evacuations and cut off power to one-third of Okinawa islands

Sources: Reuters, BBC, Joint Typhoon Warning Center © GRAPHIC NEWS