More people have been asked to leave their homes in the North Carolina and South Carolina mountains as wildfires spread and the forecast for the rest of the week isn't encouraging

Another day of fire danger is forecast throughout the Carolinas as wildfires continue to rage due to wind, low humidity, and a tinderbox of dry, downed timber left in the wake of Hurricane Helene.

Light rain offered some relief to South Korean authorities tackling the country's worst wildfires on record, with exhausted firefighters making another push on Friday to contain blazes stretching 70 km (44 miles).

Wildfires raging in South Korea doubled in size on Thursday from a day earlier, as authorities called the blazes the country's worst natural fire disaster with at least 26 people killed and historic temples incinerated.

Multiple wildfires raging across South Korea's southern regions for days forced at least 37,800 to flee their homes.