Swaths of the East Coast — from South Florida through the Carolinas and into New Jersey — are experiencing significant wildfires amid drier-than-normal conditions and before the spring green-up is fully underway.

Wildfires have returned to the Carolinas, prompting another state of emergency, according to officials.

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