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FRANKFORT (AP) - Two dozen western Kentucky counties have been declared drought management areas by state officials after water supply levels dropped to dangerous levels.

The Office of the State Climatologist and the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet issued a Level I Drought Declaration on Thursday.

The affected counties are: Fulton, Hickman, Carlisle, Ballard, McCracken, Graves, Marshall, Calloway, Livingston, Crittenden, Lyon, Caldwell, Hopkins, Trigg, Christian, Muhlenberg, Todd, Union, Webster, Henderson, McLean, Daviess, Hancock and Ohio.

Officials say a Level I drought indicates moderate drought conditions have developed, with soil moisture and vegetative health affected.

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