now from western north carolina's news leader, this is news 13 at 5. >> larry: we are continuing to follow the aftermath of last night's severe weather across the mountains. >> tammy: tonight we are bringing you team coverage. county. john le is in transylvania county. >> larry: first, let's check in with jason. now. our leicester carpet sales news13 sky cam network 64 degrees down there in transylvania county near rosemund. one place that has certainly been inundated with the rainfall. 7 o'clock thursday morning up to a two inch additional rainfall locations. this is likely going to be the scenario farther south. we are included in that flood

which again, goes through thursday morning. the rain likely doesn't show up until tonight into tomorrow. the rivers we're watching closely now, the french broad at blantyre. headed for moderate flood stage by 1 o'clock in the morning tomorrow morning. and dropping slowly all the way in to friday morning. areas in blantyre, they're in southwestern henderson county. those roads along those fields. we have the rain-free conditions now. all of that is going to change as the rain moves south. it will be a lot of rain for some. temperatures. well it was warm. 70s today. they set a record in greer. tied at 72 degrees. we'll see you who is going to get most of it.

>> tammy: a scramble to evacuate homes and close roads. >> larry: hope, no major damage but a massive clean up. >> hope: larry, companies calling in extra crews and emergency responders getting very little sleep. all in all these neighbors are saying they're fortunate no one was hurt. pavement under blue skies. >> i woke up thinking flash floods. what's going to happen when i walk up the hill tomorrow. >> hope: a break now from torerential rain. >> this is mud clay so it's probably slippery. >> hope: the debris missed some of the old eastwood condos by only a few feet. some in the community say they haven't seen flash flooding so dangerous in over 40 years. >> this is biblical proportions rain.

rains that hit last night. >> it happened pretty fast. got the call and got started in to the rescue mode, it was already three to four foot deep moving through the trailer park. >> hope: forcing firefighters to evacuate a dozen families in the mobile home park. and carrying these sheds off the foundation, they seemed to be stopped only by this power pole. >> walls laid over. debris in the road. trailers have several structure damage to them. >> hope: now pressure is building. water is still high with so much to clean up. even more rain forecasted tomorrow. >> i keep looking at my phone maps and radars. keep my fingers crossed and pray happens.

coming in to replace parts of their road which was washed away. the owners there tell me everyone pitched in to haul away tammy. >> tammy: what a mess. news 13's john le is live in rosemund. john, long-time residents there are used to flooding. >> john: that's right. pretty amazing sight out here. it feels like you need a fishing rod out here. i spoke to an alderman who says years of living in the rosemund area, he doesn't have to be told when it's time to leave, he basically knows at the height of out. for those folks, when the time came, they turned to the red cross. >> we don't really worry about it. >> john: on a sunny afternoon in rosemund, an image on hannah ford road that seemed impossible considering the chaos.

again. >> john: and travis left in a hurry. >> everything is gone. we didn't have time to put anything up. >> john: the flooding drove them out of their apartment. >> we just moved in. so most of our stuff is still in boxes on the floor. >> we already didn't have very much. but still. >> john: shortly after 3:00 a.m., they signed in at the red cross shelter. >> i've never been in this situation before so it's kind of shocking. i just recently moved to rosemund. and it kind of makes me want to go back to brevard. >> john: she knows material things can be replaced. something her three-year-old little girl may have to learn soon. the aftermath of the flooding doesn't always recede quickly. leaving behind a picture that

down. but this time it didn't. >> john: so quite a sight. some report they saw dog houses, even christmas decor like frosty the snowman floating away. photographer had to be a visual aid to show you how deep that is. there it is, folks. pretty much gone. for. you can get an idea how deep it is right now. john le, news 13. >> larry: it's deep enough. ashlea surles picks up in biltmore village. ashlea, what are you seeing down there? >> ashlea: larry, it's mud, mud, and even more debris. fleming trucks parked over here. it's a common sight at biltmore village today as they scramble to clean up with even more rain

low lying biltmore village, a notorious asheville flood spot was hit again last night. feet of water flowed on to the site. and this morning, it left a tan brown mess behind in the middle of a holiday week. >> it makes it harder to clean up because most of the time there's more cars parked on the roads and stuff. and it's hard to work around traffic. >> ashlea: today that bowl was full. parking lots were closed and trails mostly empty. while the neighborhood waits for the clean up. >> well it's always urgent important. especially coming tomorrow. what we don't get cleaned up tomorrow. and it will probably be double tomorrow. >> ashlea: an eye on the forecast telling residents to clear their home or yard. don't panic but be aware. there were no injuries but eight

>> it was more they were struck and unable to get back. it took them by surprise how quickly the water rose when they got stuck or their car got stuck. >> i got my family still. you know. >> ashlea: high water washed out a road. his house flooded and now about 100 people are largely cut off from emergency services with more rain coming. >> well yeah, i'm worried. but you know, uh, i just gotta take what the good lord gives me, i guess. >> ashlea: now beyond the flooding, officials say what they're really concerned about is downed trees. they say if the winds really pick up, with those rains, the ground is so saturated, we would see trees start to come down. i'm ashlea surles, news 13. >> tammy: make sure you download

weather warnings, updates and alerts. we're still dealing with road closures across our area due to the flooding. >> larry: jaclyn, as we saw from john le, there's some problem areas in transylvania county. >> jaclyn: larry, there are four roads still closed. please avoid those areas if you can on your commute. turning over to jackson county, south river road and old settlement road are still closed due to flood waters. we have those roads listed on wlos.com under the traffic page. west bound traffic is very heavy especially near i-40. that's a look at your on time traffic report. >> tammy: because of an overnight house fire in asheville is still under investigation. firefighters believe it started

crews rescued one woman who was transported with non-life threatening injuries. two other residents got out safely. a dog was rescued at well. >> larry: coming up, following the capture of the so-called

>> tammy: what residents are >> tammy: we have new details about the so-called afluenza teen from texas. ethan couch was arrested. >> larry: and he his mother have been on the run for weeks. >> tammy: couch was 16 when he killed four people while driving drunk. he used the afluenza defense. it's due to his wealthy upbringing that prevented him from knowing right from wrong. >> his maximum sentence is four months confinement. that is not sufficient punishment for the taking of four lives. >> tammy: meanwhile his mother faces a maximum of ten years in prison if convicted.

officer who shot a teenager 16 murder. jason van dyke is charged with six counts of murder for the shooting of laquon mc donald. van dyke who is no longer being paid, has been free since posting bond. >> tammy: we are getting a closer look at tornado damage in texas. >> larry: in garland, a suburb of dallas. an ef-4 tornado moved through the city. >> tammy: authorities say eight people were killed and dozens of buildings were damaged. the governor declared disaster areas. this is video from argentina. that is one of several south

torrential rain. it has many people beginning to worry about lasting damage. >> larry: we saw that damage in texas and i'm wondering is that the same system that dumped on us, jason? >> jason: it is. a lot of that is coming our way. and another round coming from the gulf of mexico to deal with tomorrow. but this one is much less in terms of the intensity and the amounts of rain. let's talk numbers today. how about the high. 70 degrees. it was not a record high. it still stands in 74. on this day in 1894, we were three below zero. we only nott down to 58. another record max low temperature. that's six nights in a row. no rain today. we havever 8 and a third for the month. rain returns soon.

average weather. now your news 13 skywatch weather. >> jason: what a beautiful scene it is now that the rain is gone. here it is, leicester carpet sales news13 sky cam network taking you all the way to mount mitchell state park. yeah, it's windy. but you notice a little change here. skies were clear. now mid level clouds coming in. this is a sign of change. another system along the gulf

90% chance tomorrow, folks. half inch to an inch. that's the range. i think we're going to go on the low end in asheville. and then the high end, south carolina border. then no chance for rain as we begin the new year. but we have to get past tomorrow. south-southwest wind. dew point much lower than it was this time yesterday. that's also a good sign. because the atmosphere is not holding as much moisture overall. but we still have this boundary around here. it's a warm front wobbling back and forth to a stationery front. focal point for a shower, even thunder showers south of that front. it doesn't wobble too mucho the north. asheville likely to the low end of the rainfall. areas south, on the high end of the rainfall. by thursday morning, pretty much dry here in the mountains and

not all of you. the rain kind of fizzles out and stays way south of us. high pressure will push that rain down. we get rid of the measurable rainfall as we get in to thursday, friday and beyond. future cast. a closer view of the western north carolinas. after midnight. there's day break. then the bulk of the rain comes in the afternoon hours. it's not going to be a prolonged heavy rain event. rain. most of us again, periods of rain off and on. friday by midnight, still cloudy. in the new year, i think we're dealing with clouds to bring it in. 50s for many mountain valleys. looks like we'll end the streak temperature. 50s and 60s in the upstate. back in to the 60s and 70s tomorrow.

north of i-40, where you're going to find the 50s. it is wet to start. we have several dry days in a row. thursday, beyond in to weekend and even in to next week. notice the reality check here when it comes to temperatures. we're going to average temperatures this time of year. the low 29. that is almost smack dab average high and low temperatures this time of year. we haven't seen anything like that in so long. >> larry: the arctic. >> jason: that's how cold it's going to be. >> larry: it was 9 in denver. single digits. >> jason: so cold. >> larry: still ahead, reducing the frequency of kidney stones.

the >> larry: i can tell you first hand, kidney stones are painful and they're all too common for some people. >> tammy: reducing the frequency of kidney stones starts with lifestyle changes. >> reporter: kidney stones sometimes a lot larger than these have plagued nancy wheeler off and on for 30 years.

i did natural childbirth. they're painful. >> a little bit more common with men than women. >> reporter: the drug tamsalosin is the first line of defense. but nancy's latest bout required liptotripsy. for nancy, everyday habits had to change. >> i found out i'm definitely not drinking enough narrate. pushing the fluids and trying to increase the fluid intake is important. >> about 80% of stones are this type. and the drinking of the tea causes . >> reporter: nancy wants to do everything she can to further

in mcdowell county, jay siltzer, news 13. >> larry: tamsilosin had the same effect as placebo in small kidney stones but it did help pass larger ones, too. >> tammy: still to come, breaking out the bubbly for new years.

learn geometry. >> larry: kids at hands on gallery in hendersonville got a little bubbly before the new year. >> tammy: as you'll see in this week's never stop learning, the lesson is in geometry. >> how many do you think i'm going to need? >> four. >> one, two, three, four. how many raisins? >> four. >> tammy: the toothpicks represent line segments and raisins represent vertices. to figure out how many faces they have. >> so like if you want to make a triangle, you need three toothpicks and three raisins. >> what we're doing now is taking straws and making a bubble and countin how many

big the bubble is. >> tammy: correct.