In pictures: Wildfires spread through Florida

Fire crews in America are battling a series of wildfires that are sweeping across Florida's central Atlantic coast.

The worst hit areas are Palm Bay and Malabar, where the hot, dry and windy weather is making things worse by fanning the flames.

Schools have had to shut and some main roads have been closed as the fires get closer and closer.

People have been hosing their homes down to try to protect them.

Others had to leave before their homes were engulfed by the flames, like this one.

This man tried to recover what he could after the wildfires destroyed his rented home in Palm Bay.

Helicopters are being used to drop water on the blazes to try to stop the flames spreading.

Fire crews say they are slowly getting the fires under control, but desperately need some rain to help damp things down.

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