AUSTIN, Texas – More than half of Texas counties are under a disaster declaration due to the increasing wildfire danger throughout the Lone Star State.

Texas. Gov. Greg Abbott issued the declaration Tuesday for 191 of the 254 counties in the state after the Texas A&M Forest Service raised the wildland fire preparedness to a Level 2 out of 5 with elevated fire danger in some regions.

"Although most of the state has seen some measurable rain in the past 30 days, it has been 2-3 weeks since any significant rain events have happened in parts of South, Central Texas, and pockets along the Red River and Northeast Texas," according to the Forest Service’s fire update.

Even in the Texas Hill Country, which saw historic and deadly flooding during the July Fourth weekend , will drop off from the

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