3 NC counties are under alert.

We’re also tracking Level 1 storm risks. Then, there are new answers in the death of a South Carolina pastor’s estranged wife whose body was found in North Carolina. Plus, there is new information about a driver charged in a fatal head-on crash. Watch WRAL-TV at 7 p.m., and search for these and other stories on WRAL.com.

On WRAL at 7: How much money could Wake County schools receive next year? The compromise some educators hope happen

It's that time of year when your child will be taking end-of-grade tests or EOGs. What are EOGs and how can you help them be better prepared?

End-of-grade tests: Everything you need to know about these annual exams

Student testing 

The damage and deaths wreaked by these storms in the past 60 years has become legendary in North Carolina's history. Where are the worst hurricanes in North Carolina?

Count down the most destructive hurricanes in NC history

Hurricane Hazel

PHOTO MOVED IN ADVANCE AND NOT FOR USE - ONLINE OR IN PRINT - BEFORE MAY 13, 2018. -- Sandra Velasquez awaits the outcome of the lottery drawing for apartments at Natalie Gubb Commons, an affordable housing project in San Francisco, Nov. 14, 2017. More than 6,500 households applied for a chance to rent an apartment at Natalie Gubb Commons, or nearly 70 for each unit. (Jim Wilson/The New York Times)

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