Evacuation orders have been issued in a western North Carolina county as three wildfires burn Sunday amid dry conditions and drought, officials said.

Forecasters posted an elevated fire-weather risk for an area from northern Georgia, through western portions of the Carolinas and into central Virginia.

Wildfires in North Carolina have forced mandatory evacuations in Polk County as emergency crews battle multiple blazes across the state. South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster declared a state of emergency in response to the growing Table Rock Fire in Pickens County.