South Korea's worst wildfire disaster highlights the escalating global threat of wildfires, driven by climate change and human activity, with devastating impacts on lives, ecosystems, and communities.

Rain and cooler temperatures are helping South Korean fire crews as they battle the country’s worst-ever wildfires as the governor of the hardest-hit region called for overhauling response strategies

By Minwoo Park and Daewoung Kim ANDONG, South Korea (Reuters) -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 28 people killed and historic temples incinerated.