 State assistant climateologist Corey Davis tells NCN News the conditions aren't favorable. Crop losses are really unavoidable when you get this dry, especially at this time of the year. And that's what we're hearing all across the Carolinas. 99 out of 100 counties are in an abnormally dry stage. And the newest U.S. citizens in eastern Carolina say this year, Independence Day, has special meaning after 23 immigrants took their oath of citizenship at the annual 4th of July naturalization ceremony in Kinston.