Source: FAYETTEVILLE OBSERVER, 5/25/22

Even as May thunderstorms play a game of hit-and-miss across the region, Eastern North Carolina remains mired in a seven-month-long dry spell that could take a drought-busting tropical storm or hurricane to really put a dent it in its water deficit. According to the latest map from the U.S. Drought Monitor, pretty much all of the state east of Interstate 95 is in moderate or severe drought, with the driest areas running from roughly Wilson and Lumberton down to Wilmington.

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