One reason for the big decrease in drought in North Carolina this week which I mentioned in my drought post earlier today was the tremendous rains that occurred in North Carolina.  The Washington Post‘s Capital Weather Gang described the downpour in an article here.  Raleigh received 6.68 inches over two days, the seventh highest 2-day total in its history. This is more than twice its normal rain for April in its entire month, according to the article.  I have not seen any estimates of damage from the storm yet, but they are likely to be large due to the extensive flooding.  One person died in the flooding.