 Despite some rain Thursday, a drought is creeping across the state and corn growers in the Piedmont worry much of their crops won't make it to harvest. Andy Gray, who operates a dairy farm in Iredell County, tells WSOC his corn is struggling. It should be at least head high. That field actually rotted in the ground because it had too much rain. And ever since then, it's received little to any rain. AAA Carolinas expects records to be broken with the amount of people traveling for Independence Day this year.