The South Carolina Forestry Commission confirmed that another round of beneficial rain earlier in the week helped crews contain the Table Rock and Persimmon Ridge fires.
The National Weather Service is no longer providing language translations of its products, a change that experts say could put non-English speakers at risk of missing potentially life-saving warnings about extreme weather.
Rivers rose and flooding worsened across the U.S. South and Midwest, threatening communities already waterlogged and badly damaged by days of heavy rain and storms that killed at least 18 people.
The Catawba-Wateree River Basin is dealing with the early stages of drought, so people across the Charlotte region are being asked to voluntarilyΒ conserve water.