South Korea
Weather break helping to tame deadly wildfires
Light rain has offered some relief to South Korean authorities tackling the country’s worst wildfires on record, with exhausted firefighters making another push to contain blazes stretching 70 km (44 miles). At least 28 people have died and more than 45,000 hectares (111,197 acres) of largely forest land in the country’s southeast have been charred or are burning, as strong winds have driven blazes from central Uiseong county to coastal regions over the past week.
