aaron adelson with more on the situation. aaron. >> aaron: larry, it is a mess back down that way. all day people were running late to appointments, if they could find a parking spot. once they did, they tracked mud through the stores. just up the road there, the fire department had to rescue people from their car floating away. swannanoa river road swallowed up. around 1:00 a.m., a father and daughter got stranded. they tried to drive through the water covered road. the fire department came to rescue them. >> some folks said, hey, att least it's not raining anymore. but i don't think as they walk around, nobody's been really aware kind of the chaos we've been dealing with. >> aaron: there's work on the road but it looks a whole lot better than biltmore village. it's hard to erase the force of the storm. it will take time. brooks brothers needs a new floor. the manager feels thankful nothing else was damaged. >> i opened the doors to basically kind of a silt covered floor everywhere. fortunately, i don't think that there was more than a couple of inches. >> aaron: the cleaning crew

aaron adelson, news 13. >> larry: a business in west asheville is closing its store front and going online only. rhetorical factory began as a way to recycle second hand clothes. the new online version of the store will sell jewelry and art. the owner says she's been working on her next endeavor for months. >> i'll have a home work shop. it's a community of people that have been getting closer over time. and the creativity will just continue. >> larry: ms. adams says she hasn't ruled out opening another brick and mortar store in the future. >>> an exhibit is allowing art lovers to look in to the eyes of people who are struggling with something that's very hard to conquer. giving hope to recovering addicts. >> tammy: and later, how much are you willing to pay to see of the . >> larry: you know, you could see so much of what people have gone through just by looking at their face. >> tammy: tonight, news 13's john le shows us why the body of work may offer a flicker of hope. >>> thank you so much. >> john: we never really know when art w wll speak to us. and when it does speak, who knows what

in rutherford county, aaron adelson, news 13. >> larry: a fuel leak caused a crash on i-26 that shut down the west bound lane and backed up traffic for miles. it happened near the tryon exit near the polk county line. four cars were involved. three people were hurt. the west bound lane was closed for about 45 minutes to get ambulances and wreckers to the scene. everything was cleared up just a couple of hours ago. >>> well the wife of the mayor of waynesville was arrested today on drunk driving charges. jackie brown is charged in connection with a christmas eve wreck on russ avenue. it sent her and three other people to the hospital with series injuries. authorities say the car brown was driving crossed the median and hit a pickup truck. she's the wife of mayor gavin brown. she has a court date set in february. >> tammy: time is running out to donate money to as many as 30 non-profits in north carolina. justin hinton joins us live from the western north carolina nature center, one of the places hoping to cash in on this new program. justin. >> justin: yeah, that's right. it's pretty