{"id":1013,"date":"2026-05-21T14:36:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T14:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=1013"},"modified":"2026-05-21T14:36:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T14:36:24","slug":"exceptional-drought-conditions-return-to-north-carolina-nearly-all-of-state-in-extreme-drought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=1013","title":{"rendered":"Exceptional drought conditions return to North Carolina; nearly all of state in extreme drought"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) \u2014 The highest level of drought has returned to North Carolina.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=1011\">Sinner opens French Open against wild card as he chases a career Grand Slam<\/a><\/p>\n<p>One week after exceptional levels, called D4, were eliminated from the state, they have returned to an area just southeast of Boone in the North Carolina mountains.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now, 65 percent of North Carolina is in extreme drought, including the majority of central North Carolina.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And, 97 percent of the state is in severe drought, with only a small region of far northeast North Carolina being under a moderate drought.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It would take a foot to 14 inches of rainfall in one month to completely end the drought conditions locally.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=1009\">\u2018Right place, right time\u2019: NC teens speak out after saving woman from burning car<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We don\u2019t have that much rain on the horizon, but we do have the best widespread rain chances we\u2019ve seen in a while.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Showers are forecast to return Thursday afternoon and continue on and off through the next 10 days.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Models are suggesting as much as 1 to 2 inches or more across all of central NC, with heavier amounts back towards the mountains under the D4 drought levels.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=1003\">NC community sends positive energy to teen baseball player after cardiac arrest<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RALEIGH, N.C. 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