Firefighters in North Carolina and South Carolina continue to battle wildfires that grew rapidly over the weekend in rugged terrain, complicating containment efforts, officials said. The National ...

Six days into fighting three huge fires in Polk County, the spokesman for North Carolina Forest Service said the challenge remains getting a handle on containment. "Our crews are continuing to ...

Federal officials say two wildfires spreading in western North Carolina have burned more than 2 square miles of wooded area. The larger fire in the Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness Area near ...

This waterfall in North Carolina's Nantahala National Forest is the ideal swimming hole for families, with easy access and ...

ROBBINSVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Two wildfires spreading in western North Carolina have burned a wooded area more than 2 square miles (about 5.2 square kilometers), forest officials said.

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Nearly a half-dozen wind-whipped wildfires forced evacuation orders in the Carolinas over the weekend and destroyed several homes.. The fires, which had torn across more than 6,000 acres by Monday ...

A map from the North Carolina Forest Service shows the active fires, depicted in red, that still have yet to be fully contained. North Carolina Forest Service. In a press release published ...

Copious amounts of rain before and during Helene across the region's unique terrain produced "the most severe flooding ever observed" in western North Carolina, Corey Davis, North Carolina ...

WILDFIRE MAP | Several wildfires are burning in North Carolina as the state is under a burn ban by the Forest Service. Check out the interactive map.

The devastation in western North Carolina is a result of a combination of factors related to climate change and the terrain. Mountains tend to block weather systems and squeeze out more rain ...

ROBBINSVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Two wildfires spreading in western North Carolina have burned a wooded area more than 2 square miles (about 5.2 square kilometers), forest officials said. The larger ...