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

ashlea surles joins us live. >> anchor: ashlea, this is crazy. there are apple trees there growing buds right now? >> ashlea: that's right, hope. you can see some of the buds here. they're tightly packed cocoons. they are surprising to see this time of year. but folks at the orchard said they're really not that worried. the time to worry would be when these things started to turn in to flowers. 60s and raining in december? it's muggy, it's damp. it sure feels like spring. these days, even the dandelions and daffodils. >> they're not going to get the flowers they typically have. >> ashlea: if plants grow buds right now, it's no problem. but if those buds bloom, the plants likely won't flower again until 2017. but agricultural agent cliff boone says he's not worried yet. >> if we don't see any cold weather in january, yeah, there might be problems then. it's actually not a big worry for us. it's actually a good thing because the pruners can go out there and prune the trees. >> ashlea: they've got extra time right now to make sure it's healthy. to y

more rain today. >> ashlea: i know. like a whole lot of rain and then nothing. jason, what's the deal? >> jason: a lot of areas doused and then others not. still flash flood warnings out for those areas over the upstate. many from areas of the southern mountains all the way down through northern and central georgia. plenty to watch. thankfully it is going to end shortly for you in the upstate. we'll talk about bigger changes for you in the new year's. stick around. >>> my name is angelica pena. i'm in south korea. i would like to say merry christmas and happy new year's david located in >>> now your news 13 skywatch weather. >> jason: good news is the rain has ended for most of us in the mountains. we have not seen nearly the amount they have seen over the upstate. showers still happening. thankfully a lot of that is moving east of i-85. river at blantyre. no other areas really affected. if you're around the rosemund area and farther northeast of there, that's where we're finding flooding still over the french broad and its banks. this is going to be the trend f

>> ashlea: jason, the worry now is fruit trees. you can see on some of these apple trees there are already some of these small tightly packed buds on the trees. where we start to have problems is if these buds start to turn in to flowers. if they flower, that's it. they wouldn't bloom again when they're supposed to for the growing season. so of course we lose thousands of pounds worth of apple crops in the area. most apple varieties need about 1,000 hours in temperatures below 45 degrees. that's about 40 days or so. so there's still plenty of time for that to happen. >> i wouldn't have any concern until late january if we don't see any cold weather in january, yeah, there may be some concern then. peaches and apples. >> ashlea: now if you see actually flowers popping up, don't be concerned. however, they likely won't bloom a second time this spring. so you'll lose out on that color. coming up on news 13 tonight, we've got another sort of weird warm weather story for you. we'll tell you what mountain pet owners are having problems w

ashlea, the clean up there continues through the night. >> ashlea: that's right. all day today driving through biltmore village, you can see fleming trucks parked outside of businesses as folks scramble to get ready with this next batch of rain on its way. last night, feet of water poured in to the streets. all day city crews as well as business owners have been this as holiday crowds packed the sidewalks. officials say they're scrambling because they know what doesn't get cleaned up now will add on the next hours. >> i advise people who have curbs, make sure the leaves are out. make sure the drains are open. we open as many as we can. >> ashlea: in one riceville community today, high waters leaving 100 people largely cut off from emergency services. going in to more rains, of tonight. officials told me today that beyond the flooding they're really worried about downed trees. they say the ground is wet right now with heavy winds, that could become a problem. >> larry: these flood waters have forced some people from >> tammy: news 13's john ostendorf. >> john: it w