NU ONLINE NEWS SERVICE, APRIL 21 11:26 A.M. EST

Weather during the last couple of days has helped firefighters battle several massive wildfires in Texas that have destroyed hundreds of homes and more than a million acres of land.  

Mark Hanna, spokesman for the Insurance Council of Texas, said the state has received some rain and a favorable shift in winds. The Texas Forest Service list of wildfires indicates many fires are nearly 100 percent contained, but hundreds of homes remain threatened and new fires continuously spring up.

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