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Scout camp is canceled after typhoon warning - Swedes are sent home  

Linnea Nordström  

Updated 11:25 | Published at 09:36  

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The world's largest scout camp in South Korea, with over 40,000 participants, is canceled early due to a typhoon warning. 1500 Swedish participants are now sent home.  

The South Korean government issued the warning to the World Scout Organization on Monday morning, AFP learns.  

About 1,500 Swedes participate in the camp.  

The world's largest scout camp in South Korea with around 43,000 participants is cancelled.  

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The weather has previously created problems for the scout camp. The Swedish participants' arrival at the camp was delayed due to heavy rain, which turned the camp site into a mud puddle.  

During the first days of the camp, several hundred people suffered from heat stroke due to the hot weather. Extra healthcare personnel were then deployed. 

The world's largest scout camp in South Korea with around 43,000 participants is cancelled. Photo: Choe Young-soo / AP 

- The heat affects us all. It allows you to take it easy, but we have many leaders who make sure that all young people drink and get shade. The Swedes are unaccustomed to the heat, said Fredrik Larsson, scout leader in Kisa and one of those involved in arranging the Swedish scouts' trip, previously to Aftonbladet. 

The camp is the world's largest scout camp with approximately 43,000 participants from 158 countries. 

The world's largest scout camp in South Korea with around 43,000 participants is cancelled.