ANKARA (Reuters) -Firefighters battled wildfires across Turkey on Sunday amid a searing Mediterranean heat-wave, with authorities evacuating more than 3,600 people from settlements in two provinces. Wildfires in the southern provinces of Mersin and Antalya as well as the central province of Usak were largely brought under control,

Isolated thunderstorms are in the forecast for Sunday, followed by increasing heat and humidity Monday and Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service. Additionally, the state has issued an air quality advisory for Sunday until midnight for Long Island, as well as New York City and all the way through the upper Hudson Valley.