with high water in historic flooding. while some people are cleaning up while others are still phrasing for the worst. now from western north carolina's news leader, in is news 13 at 11. >> frank: an unseasonably fall and winter may be affecting another season right now, we're talking flu season. zero reported right now. news 13's justin hinton joins us. justin, just because it's a slow start doesn't mean we should let our guard down. >> justin: that's right. primarily because the height of the flu season is in january and february when people trade in the fun outdoors for a nice comfortable couch next to the fire. >> for the dogs to get fresh air, too, so they're not cooped up. >> justin: sun's out, shorts out. >> it's always nice to be able to get outside.

we have so many reasons to stay locked up in the house with technology and everything people get so in to. >> justin: whether it's playing in a pool of water or going for a bike ride. all of those outdoor activities may be contributing to a decrease of flu cases. >> i is kind of surprising in the last couple of years. >> justin: this time last year, the number of north carolina deaths related to the flu was already more than 20. topping out at more than 200. doctors say people are less likely to pass their sickness on to others when they're out and about. rather than being cooped up indoors. >> once i put something on for winter i don't take it on until the spring to avoid that. plus i get the shot every year. >> justin: that shot, the flu vaccination, is what experts say is the best way to stop the virus.

to the season doesn't mean it's not going to come. >> if they have not had the flu shot, now's the best time to do it because the worst time of the year is typically january-february. >> justin: another reason why there were so many deaths last year, the flu morphed making the vaccine less effective. encourage people to get their flu shot each year saying it's the best protector. >> frank: developing news out of mitchell county tonight, crews are at the scene of a residential fire. a single wide mobile home in beak bakersville is a total loss. it burned until about 10 o'clock, just an hour ago. it looks like glass blowing facility next door may have been where that fire started. but officials say further investigation is needed to determine a definite cause. homeowners and their eight year-old daughter were there at the time. they got out safely.

tonight and will receive assistance from the red cross. new developments now in lawsuits filed against clemson university about a family of a student who died during a fraternity run. schools denying allegations made in the death and personal injury cases. the parents of tucker hipps took legal action after his death. the lawsuits allege clemson knew that sigma phi epsilon had a long standing tradition of pledges jumping off that bridge and swimming to shore. the university says it has no knowledge of any such tradition and seeking dismissal of those lawsuits. the reverend jesse jackson comes to the upstate. jackson is touring south carolina promoting voter registration leading up to the presidential primary election day. he's urging palmetto lawmakers to accept the affordable care act. jackson says he's concerned

the power that they really have. >> if you want to see the debt lowered, they should vote about it. if you want medicaid for working poor people, they should vote about it. >> frank: the rainbow push coalition is preparing for its legacy weekend over the mlk holiday focusing on educational opportunities for young people. democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders spoke this afternoon at the university of massachusetts. the senator was heckled by a man wearing a donald trump t-shirt. >> is a trump supporter worried about mr. trump's money? >> boo! >> i say to mr. trump and his supporters that the billionaires

continue to own this nation. >> frank: he was taken away, that trump supporter shouted, "shame on you, bernie." mississippi rivers beginning to recede. the worst is over in some places, others are still in danger. richard cantu has the latest. >> reporter: from the sky, the breadth and depth of this disaster are painfully clear. the mississippi river crested at a new high. from missouri down to louisiana, rivers are rising. waters swallowing everything in its path. >> it's reached its highest since 1993, i think. >> reporter: desperate measures failed to hold the water at bay. it came too late for far too many homeowners.

and we had water rise four feet. >> reporter: the floods have claimed hundreds of homes in at least 24 lives. >> the vast majority of those deaths are people who drove in to water. >> reporter: he could only watch as the rising waters battered his home from this to this. >> everyone got out okay? >> yes. everyone got out all right. my dog's out. >> reporter: scenes like these are an ominous reprieve for many. >> frank: our temperatures are dropping. you can feel it out there. it's beginning to feel a lot more like winter. karen wynne joins us with our skywatch forecast. >> karen: right, frank, we are chilly right now. well below freezing in many mountain locations.

31 in hendersonville. 28 in morganton. milder in greer. 38 degrees there. this is not the coldest night by a long shot. we have even colder air coming our way. our winds are fairly light in most places. only three miles per hour in asheville. a little bit breezier in bryson city at 7. not much, though. that morning planner should include that heavy coat. especially if you're out and about early. 8 o'clock, 28 degrees. we're only at 33 by mid morning. still quite chilly then. not quite so cool by noon. 42 degrees. we check it out in the upstate. it's also going to be a chilly morning. plenty of sunshine, though. 49 degrees at noon. coming up, i'll show you when that much cooler air arrives and what it's going to bring with it. >> frank: great news for mountain and upstate college basketball fans. the countdown to march madness is officially underway.

can catch clemson a little closer to home than usual this year. tigers are playing their home games in greenville. >> we love it here in greenville. it's really close to where we live in southern greenville county. we really enjoy it. its just a 30 minute drive from there instead of about an hour going in to clemson. so we enjoy that. >> the well, they're calling it. hosting clemson's home games while little john coliseum undergoes repairs. stan will have highlights from that clemson game and more just a little bit later on in sports. kind of a sad day for many shoppers in downtown weaverville. long time source for bargains is no longer open. rose's shut its doors for the last time. it leaves a buncombe county town without a discount department store.

customer when smaller stores like this one have to close. >> well, it takes away a convenient shopping location where it's easy to get in and out of. it's been an alternative to walmart. >> frank: it had been open for 27 years at that same location. hundreds of employees will

s . >> frank: muslim americans in california trying to organize ideological warfare on islam. a weekend conference in sacramento is examining radicalization and the threat it poses to the community.

american man, one, he doesn't want to see innocent people hurt. and two, he doesn't want his faith to be misunderstood. >> sometimes i feel like it's my fault. right. i feel like i didn't do enough getting to my neighbors. >> reporter: hundreds of local muslims to come here. sacramento's largest islamic center for a conference focusing on issues like the threat of radicalization. >> we find ourselves going to an extreme view or ideology and we've gone away from the true path and the message of islam. >> this is not islam. we condemn these acts. today we're taking a step further and addressing the issue head on. >> reporter: this year especially members felt compelled to be upfront

>> we are forced to speak out and condemn them and their actions. >> i'm american. my kids are going to grow up here. i want the best for my country. >> ignoring it and not addressing it gives the average observer that yeah, this person is speaking in our name. no, they're not speaking in our name. we're going to speak in our own name. >> reporter: the vast majority of muslims, like the vast majority of americans oppose violence in the name of god. >> frank: the site of a deadly shooting rampage in san bernardino, california, the building where the massacre occurred will remain closed off. neighboring buildings will be open but with access through the center with one access.

since december 2nd when syed and his wife tashfine malik cl . defense secretary ash carter told members of congress last month that those detainees would be sent to other countries and that will start this month in january. there will be 90 left. 59 of those remaining, not al eligible for relocation. president obama vowed to close guantanamo bay when he was first elected. a strange case of animal abuse on christmas eve. thth kitten was dropped off at a san francisco shelter. obvious thing you notice is someone dyed him blue. but there were also puncture wounds, 20 of them, and some of them are deep.

a normal cat. he's very sweet and very gentle. and loves attention. and he's relatively strong considering what he's been through. >> frank: poor little thing. blue colored, the shelter staff named the kitten smurf. he's made friends with other felines. they will be placed in foster care together. some brave souls imparted on a new year's eve tradition. polar plunge in lake michigan. most managed to tough it out for just a few seconds before they sprinted back to shore. part of the greyhound rescue effort all across the midwest. a great cause. some crazy people. look at that. i don't know how the heck they do that. here's meteorologist karen wynne. >> karen: yeah. pretty amazing. especially that cold. meanwhile, our high today right about normal.

we did start off chilly in the 20s. in our headlines, clear and chilly tonight with that colder blast coming.

forecast. now your news 13 skywatch weather. >> karen: we're finally getting a taste of winter on this cold dry night. mainly clear over the mountains right now.

but even these clouds are not very thick at all. with the lack of thick cloud cover, we have cooled down quite a bit. right now in asheville we are at 30 degrees. our wind chill, 26. that's how cold it feels outside. if you are about to step out for anything, of course bundle up. in greenville right now, 38 degrees. also clear. southwest winds at 6. a wind chill of 33. bigger picture shows a big ridge of high pressure off to our west keeping us dry. much of the country dry. as we put this in to motion, we'll notice this ridge keeps any kind of moisture to the south. we have a system moving down to the north. this is bringing in very cold air. this clipper system, strong winds and see a little bit of cloud cover on monday. that could contain some flurries over the northern mountains. meanwhile we do have much colder air that's going to be moving in

monday is just going to be a good indoor day. very gusty winds. lows on monday night is going to be dipping to about 20 degrees. we'll show you the future cast hour by hour with not that many changes. a few high thin clouds by day break. sunday, tomorrow morning, definitely bundle up. the good news is you're not going to need that heavy coat too long. we can see by 5 o'clock, pretty much cloud free in the mountains. only a few clouds in the upstate. then we have that system moving down from the north, only showing up in the form of cloud cover. on monday morning, monday all day long is going to be windy and very cold. lows tonight are going to be chilly. dropping down to 26 in asheville. 23 in franklin. mid 20s in burnsville. lower 20s in newland and boone. right around that freezing mark

highs tomorrow rebounding nicely. enjoy that sunshine because beyond that we do have those chilly changes coming up. that chance of flurries mainly again in the higher elevations north of asheville. although we could see a few of them in asheville on monday. no accumulation, though. a low of 20 on tuesday morning.

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>> stan: the north carolina tar heels, the team to beat in the

take care of business against the teams you're supposed to beat. one of them came in the smith center today, georgia tech. the heels wanted to take them out early. bryce johnson had carolina going early. wow, 15 points. 11 more as he controlled things inside. virginia tech graduate transfer adam smith hot. 20 points. nine point lead. coach roy williams isn't too happy about anything, but he got his team to play. marcus paige nice drive up and in. johnson controlled the inside. he had a flurry of slams like this one. joe barry with 3. 5 to 7 to go, that put carolina up for good. career high 19 for him. it wasn't pretty but they'll take it. >> the game was ugly. you have to win some of those uglies. we're a team that prides itself on beautiful plays. but you can't always do that. today we had to win an ugly one. >> stan: duke on the road at boston college. eagles lead early but not for

grayson allen steals, he hurts his chin but he's okay. power move inside. 25 from ingram. blue devils cruise. on the road against a team they really dominated, georgia tech. tech with five straight wins against them. caleb martin for a deep three. he scores 14. cat barber had a great game. drills one from way outside. almost the same spot, actually. they build a 14 point lead. jaylen hudson up three. he scores 23. they go to overtime and that's where the pack falls. clemson playing home games in greenville while little john gets renovated. they call it the well. and clemson got well today in their acc game with fsu. i'll tell you something good about the well, jordan roper. roper 73 points. ten attempts.

tigers win this one by a score of 84-75.

southern conference today. >> stan: western carolina started conference at home. western has lost 17 straight to the bucs until they beat them at the socon tournament. great shooting. tj chromer, 3 of his 16. they hit eight trays in the day. they try to rally. mike brown steps back. he's got it. right before half, down 17. grummette with a nice power move. he jabs it home. 15 points. western got it to 10 in the

they lose 82-66. 3 and o in league play. amad thomas, 27 points. they'll host winthrop on wednesday. and the taxpayer bowl. georgia penn state. here's some fireworks for georgia. he gets it. he doesn't run it. he throws it for a touchdown. caught a touchdown pass. georgia wins that game, 24-17. >> karen: we're going to pay for it with really cold weather coming our way on monday. possibly a few flurries in the highest elevation.

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