RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) -- After some significant rainfall, now only 1.97% of North Carolina is still in a D4 category of exceptional drought -- with the state down 3.35% from last week. No Raleigh-area counties remain in the exceptional drought category. We are down to 26.76% of North Carolina in a D3 extreme drought -- and that level [...] ...read more read less