big the bubble is. >> tammy: correct. no real bubbles. the final lesson taught them to calculate surface area the fun way. cool stuff. >> larry: it really is. speaking of cool stuff, thousands of people lined up at the botanical garden in australia to take a whiff of a flower. >> tammy: the so-called corpse flower. it produces flowers every 1,000 days. those flowers only last a day or so before collapsing. >> larry: i think that's a good thing. experts say it releases a foul order. the plant itself is an endanger species native to indonesia. 1,000 people. got better things to do. >> tammy: me, too. yet another incident involving a hoover board. >> larry: how one damaged a

news 13 at 5:30 starts now. they telling us to be prepared. >> frank: severe weather causes chaos in jackson county. how rising waters forces people to leave their homes. the whole system is inundated with water.r. >> anchor: cleaning up after another sewage spill. an increase in waste overflow. the biltmore name is used all over the country. >> frank: and a local business wants to know why they're being singled out with trademark infringement. it may have you thinking about the next hashtag you use on social media. this is news 13 at 5:30. >> frank: we begin with team coverage of the severe weather that's been causing flooding in parts of the mountains.

the evacuation in jackson county. we'll get to that in a moment. >> frank: but first we'll get right to jason boyer. jason, more rain? >> jason: it's really part of the same system. it's just more moisture. leicester carpet sales news13 sky cam network. skies blue most of the day over the region. this is good news over rosemund. but the clouds are already on increase. the flood watches are still in place for much of western north carolina. all of the upstate, all of north georgia, stretching towards charlotte. two to three inches of rainfall. that's not everywhere. believe you me. skies mostly clear now. but the moisture is going to come from this direction and it's going to overrun a couple of frontal boundaries vpt that just gives us the better threat for more rain. it will become more wide spread

high temperatures, though, made it to record territory in greer. 72 today. lots of 70s across the mountains. still got that southerly flow. i'll show you when to expect the rain and where. coming up. >> frank: flood waters forced evacuations in several areas across the mountains. >> anchor: in jackson county, people in six trailers got an early morning wake-up call to get out of their homes. >> frank: news 13's john ostendorf is live in sylva. >> anchor: john, what did those flood victims tell you? >> john: hope, it was a harowing night. >> they telling us for be prepared. >> john: her phone range in the

she had no time to pack. >> with the jacket. that's enough. >> john: she spent hours watching and waiting. >> we didn't get a warning or anything. right when it happened, we got up. i put on my shoes and jacket and got up because it was already starting to come up half way. >> john: back in to their homes and grabbed some much needed belongings. the level of the flooding was a surprise. >> some areas four and a half inches of rain. probably now close to five inches of rain. the inflow to glenville. of course duke energy to protect their dam, their infrastructure, had to open the flood gates. due to the high water we had for the last couple of weeks anyway, it caused flooding in the tuckasegee area. >> john: officials say that duke

potential for flooding just before midnight. they went out and knocked on doors to warn as many people as they could. reporting live in jackson county, john ostendorf, news 13. >> frank: our team coverage of the recent severe weather continues now in asheville where hehevy rains are causing sewer pipes to overflow. >> hope: spent over $300 million to replace pipes. with 5 inches of rain in five days, the system is stressed. >> news 13's kimberly king is live just south of the airport. kim, what do you see there? >> kim: frank, what you see behind me is an example of what is happening. there is water that's ponding. the ground is saturated. the water has nowhere to go. it's a similar situation for the pipes all across asheville that are overwhelmed. and therefore we see the outflow. this is the spill way on the

on north asheville where the water flow speaks volumes. five inches of rain in the past five days. and this is ken stein, director of asheville water systems in today on his day off. >> the whole system is inundated with water. our sewer lines' about 100 years old. it's got a lot of leaking joints in it. it gets infiltrated with storm water. >> kim: the city had 37 sewage spills. this cycle, there have only been 28 spills. well ahead of the last cycle. while that might sound concerning, stein says the waste water from your bathroom isn't concentrated. >> a very small percentage is raw sewage. the majority of it is itself storm water that inundates the system. >> kim: using larger pipe like this.

$339 million on sewage rehab. >> kim: over 300 spills in 1990. upgrades are imperative. steins says in the next 200 years, they will continue to upgrade pipes. upgrades of 1% a year of those pipes. reporting live at westville park south of the airport, kimberly king, news 13. >> frank: severe weather has led to deaths of more than 45 people. the mississippi river has spilled over its banks after some record rain and flooding causing some mass evacuations and closing roads. the river is expected to crest

>> we got a lot more water coming. today is tuesday, we're looking at thursday night or friday morning for that crest. >> frank: in missouri, four visiting soldiers were swept away in a car and killed. and in illinois, a school bus carrying a girls high school basketball team skid off the road. sleet and freezing rain are delaying departures for dozens of planes at logan airport and other airports across the country. one of the most popular parts of town believes . >> hope: jennifer, the biltmore estate is suing the owners of a dress shop. >> reporter: hope, the owners of the dress shop say they've been

bridee for years. it's also known as meryl norman of asheville. even the hashtag they're using on social media is trademark infringement and cyber piracy. denise and david knapps bridal shop is closing. they're moving to a bigger location. >> we want them to buy bridal gowns from us. that's what we do and have been doing for a long time. >> reporter: but they received something they least expected. >> we found out on december 24th, christmas eve. merry christmas. >> reporter: a complaint centered on the business' name. >> a couple of years we've been using it. i just don't understand why they're so upset. >> reporter: biltmore estate claims from the script used in the advertisementss to the

the other claim, a hashtag biltmore bride. biltmore and biltmore estate is trademarked. and while it's licensed it's name to various companies. >> i love the biltmore house and i love what the family does for our community here. they're good people. so i just don't understand where this has come from. >> reporter: it also has them wondering could any of us face legal action for using a hashtag. >> for anybody that hashtags, what does that mean for the general public? >> reporter: an online search shows how many businesses use the biltmore name. >> we love our customers. we love the asheville area. we love the name biltmore bride. they don't sell dresses and we do.

decide. >> reporter: in a statement, biltmore estate told us they say they've asked the store to stop using the biltmore name. now we reached out to several attorneys in this case who tell me this could be an important case. it could also have implications in the beer industry where a lot of trademarks are being used with beer name. they say that industry will be watching this very closely. jennifer emert, news 13. >> frank: the recent flooding affecting a few roads. >> jaclyn: i just checked in with dispatchers, there are seven roads closed including island ford road. avoid those spots if you can on your commute. heads up for drivers over in jackson county. south river road and old settlement road are closed due

there are closures in macon and swain county. we have those listed. mount carmel road right there in front of the ingles. >> frank: coming up, another accident involving a hoverboard. the damage it caused.

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22 fires involving these products. >> hope: whole foods wants to put the overcharging aprobe behind them. whole foods has agreed to pay $500,000 to resolve an investigation on whether it overcharged for its items in its new york stores. whole foods execs admitted to and apologized for overcharged customers for some products. whole foods say the mistakes were unintentional. >> frank: target is partnering with card pool and electronic trade-in company nextworth. gift cards and resells them. $100 walmart gift card would

card. old navy, cheesecake factory, staples. if you didn't like your card, you have something else to do with it. >> jason: enjoy the warm weather while you can. high temperature today. 70 degrees. that put us 23 degrees above the average 27. not a record. the record still stands at 74 back in 1984. we did have a record low temperature. six nights in a row we've done that. a surplus of over eight and a half inches for the year. the rain shows up soon enough. i'll show you when. and how it will lead to more flooding. and the average weather that's on its way. i'll explain. hi, i'm in south korea. i love you and i'll see you soon.

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flooding for the majority of us. flash flooding will be an issue farther south. no rain chances, though, as we get in to the new year. saturday and sunday a dry weekend. a lot of dry weather ahead thankfully. but look at how many days of rain we've had. we've added up over 5 and 3/4 of an inch. some places have gotten ten inches or more in those days. so it's a lot of rain, folks. and the ground is just saturated. 64 degrees and sunshine. south-southwest wind at 10. dew where's the cold air? ooh it is inching our way, folks. 45 in memphis.

what a difference. the warm front is separating the cold air from the warm air. anything with a southerly flow is going to draw moisture up and over this frontal boundary and give us a chance for rain. the good news is this frontal boundary will start to move farther east tomorrow evening in to thursday putting the rain chances much farther east in the mountains and the upstate. will it wobble a little bit? is there certain areas that could get more rain? yes. south is when where i think some of the heavier rain bands. clouds advancing. here come the showers by day break. southern mountains and upstate. it will be periods of rain. it's not going to be a complete soaking rainfall all day. that's the good news. the rainfall amount will be less than what we saw last night and in the afternoon yesterday.

you'll see 50s and 60s in the upstate. more 60s tomorrow than anything else. 50s mostly in the northern mountains. our temperatureses will trend cooler in the new year. new year's day, upper 40s. we're finally in the 20s, below freezing. we haven't said that in a long time. below freezing friday, saturday, sunday and monday night. chillier weather eventually in to the new year. >> hope: let's check out our "see it, shoot it, send it" picture. today joann baldwin sent us this shot of some flowers blooming outside her home in franklin. >> frank: the plants are all confused. you can send us your picture and video to wlos.com or e-mail them to pics at wlos.com.

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backroad anthem. police have not released a cause for moorland's death but they have said there were no life jackets on the boat. >> frank: motorhead is calling it quits after the death of its frontman lemmy kilmister. the band's drummer says motorhead won't be doing anymore tours and won't be releasing anymore albums. lemmy founded the band back in 1975. it's doubling, basically. >> frank: dealing with the