Nearly 4,000 residents in the region have been moved to safety and six arrested for alleged sabotage, authorities said.
Flights and trains in Tokyo area cancelled as weather agency warns people of strong winds and heavy rains.
The flames began on Sunday and have quickly spread to several suburbs of Athens.
A large wildfire raged across the northern suburbs of Athens on Monday, killing at least one person.
The fire threatening Athens is being fanned by strong winds and fuelled by tinder-dry conditions.
Homes, people and livestock were engulfed by the landslide at a vast landfill site in the capital, Kampala.
Japan Meteorological Agency says temperatures were the highest since records began in 1898.
Hopes of finding survivors fade as rescuers sift through slush and rocks and pull bodies from debris in southern state.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan describes disaster as ‘one of the worst’ the southern Indian state has ever witnessed.
Hundreds of rescue workers search through mud and debris for a second day after multiple landslides hit southern state.
Army deployed in hilly area of Kerala state with hundreds missing and rescue operations hindered by continuing downpour.
Storm has hit China with deadly rain and mudslides, devastating homes, roads and crops.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan says 128 injured people receiving treatment in hospital.
Natural disasters have a greater impact on the isolated and impoverished North Korea due to its weak infrastructure.
