this is swannanoa river road in asheville. the rain has stopped, but that doesn't mean that the water is any lower than it was a couple hours ago. it will take some time for these rivers to recede, so water is still covering area roadways. please, we say this every time we have a flooding event, turn around. don't drown. it doesn't take much water at all to carry your vehicle away. swift water rescue in that region earlier last night. all right. let's look at the live radar. this is good news at least. you can see we are not seeing the rain right now but what we are seeing is still a flood warning out for buncombe county. you saw that water in that river. that's one reason why. transylvania county, also has a flood warning. also henderson county. so, keep that in mind if you live in those zones, especially if you live near area rivers. now, widening out a few lingering showers across the region, and that's all right now, thankfully. >>> here are rivers we have to watch out for. swannanoa, we just showed you, and biltmore runni

this is video from swannanoa river road... where two people had to be rescued from a vehicle. 3 rescue in biltmore village off

alcorn.diana has the day off. 3 flooding caused a lot of problems overnight across the mountains- the swannanoa river flooded--leaving parts of asheville firefighters performed several water rescues some of those along mark roads- one person trapped in their mobile home was brought out by boat- and two people were rescued from their van after it was swept away by rushing water. 3 just to the southwest of buncombe county-transylvania county saw flooding, power outages, and evacuations.green road was washed out overnight- people in the area say this isn't anything new when it we see these heavy downpours- 3 3 3 "well this is, historically a real low lying area on the french broad river." river.""it comes out maybe six, seven times a year if we have any severe rain, it comes out to some degree." degree.""you know, it's just an ebb and flow of life on green rd." 3 check this out--livestock also a concern this morning- this is caroland farms in landrum- this pasture stis along the none of the cows or their calvese were swept away- 3 the damage from last nights rain spanned as far south as anderson c

traffic. 3 welcome back to 3 the morning news on fox carolina.we're back with a live look at the swannanoa river in buncombe county. 3 this morning.. a 3 teen who used the "affluenza" defense in a drunk driving case is back in jail. jail."ethan crouch" and his mother "tonya" were arrested in mexico monday night.ethan has been wanted out of texas since last month.crouch is serving probation for a 2013 dui crash that killed four people.during that case.. his attorneys claimed he suffered from "affluenza".. because he grew up wealthy and never learned responsibility.crouch now faces 10 years in prison for the probation violation. 3 in north carolina-- three suspects are behind bars after a one year old was shot on christmas day. day.maleah williams died at a chapel hill hospital monday. family members say she was playing outside an apartment building on friday.. when someone drove by and fired shots.chapel hill police arrested a 22 year old man on sunday and charged him with attempted murder.on monday, two more arrests were made.all three are behind bars this morning. 3 hard rock fans are mou

. >> frank: a mudslide and flooding leave a swannanoa school severely damaged. how volunteers have rallied to help. >>> do we need to create a law that completely forbids cycling? i don't think that's the answer. >> hope: local cyclists strike back at the dot rules. >> frank: and comedian bill cosby is charged in the sexual assault case that's over a decade old. why police are reexamining the allegations. >>> now from western north carolina's news leader, this is news 13 at 5:30. >> frank: continuous heavy rain over the past two days is taking >> hope:e:one mountain school is struggling to recover from flooding caused by these down pours. >> frank: more on that in just a moment. but first let's check in with chief meteorologist jason boyer. >> jason: flash flood warnings are still out for much of the upstate. greenberg, spartanburg, laurens, greenwood, abbeville, portions of northeast georgia. just avoid flooded areas. obviously flooding has already occurred. some of these roads have been washed out a little bit near the creeks and streams. avoid those areas if

we are live along the swannanoa river in biltmore village. we are starting to see conditions improve after flooding closed several roads here bordering the swannanoa river. we have actually seen the water level begin to drop within the past couple hours. as you can see also traffic beginning to flow this morning. everyone making it where they need to go, using alternate route because swannanoa river road does remain closed due to high water and debris. we saw heavy rain, winds overnight across western north carolina. but we have video to show you from the conditions overnight. emergency officials have been out all night responding to calls. this morning several roads bordering the swannanoa river are closed and the asheville fire department even rescued two people from a vehicle carried away by flood waters on that road. >> if you see standing water, do not drive through it. just because there's not a barricade, that doesn't give you the right to drive through it. they are still very dangerous. when flooding occurs it happens quickly. >> anot

buncombe, transylvania and henderson counties are the french broad river, along with the pigeon and swannanoa rivers are high, rising or above flood stage. a flood watch continues for most of our area until 7am on new year's eve.we're experiencing a nice break in the rain now, but more is coming. this evening and most of tonight will be dry, but showers will push back in for wednesday. the rain shouldn't be as heavy as monday night's downpours, but it could be enough to aggravate the already flooded rivers and saturated ground. wednesday with highs in the 60s. isolated t-storms will be possible 3 and wake up with fox carolina. we've got traffic and weather every ten minutes from five to nine am. 3 i'll have much more,coming up- 3 in greenwood... a high water advisory is in effect at lake greenwood at the buzzard roost dam- water was released from the lake into the saluda river today - impacting areas in greenwood and newberry counties-.you'll recall those areas were also hit hard during octobers historic flooding. 3 3 3 "just a lot of water. a lot of people come down here and it's real danger

news with lauren elise, be3 the morning news on fox carolina.you are looking live at the swannanoa river in asheville.that water has gone down quite a bit since earlier this morning. 3 3 city leaders in 3 cleveland, ohio are asking people to stay calm.. after a grand jury decided not to file charges in the death of a 12 year old boy. boy.in november of last year.. tamir rice was shot and killed thought the boy was armed.it turned out he was holding a pellet gun.now, an attorney for the rice family says he believes the prosecutor in the case sided with the police.. and didi't present all the evidence to the grand jury. 3 3 [subodh chandra-rice family attorney] "this prosecutor under the guise of transparency kept selectively leaking information that secured to exonerate the officers but also prepare the public to accept a terrible travesty of injustice." injustice."that attorney 3 says tamir rice's mother is too distraught to offer a statement.he is also encouraging peaceful protests. 3 a chicago police officer charged with murder is expected to enter a plea today. today.jason van dyke sh

buncombe, transylvania and henderson counties are the french broad river, along with the pigeon and swannanoa rivers are high, rising or above flood stage. a flood watch continues for most of our area until 7am on new year's eve.we're experiencing a nice break in the rain now, but more is coming. this evening and most of tonight will be dry, but showers will push back in for wednesday. the rain shouldn't be as heavy as monday night's downpours, but it could be enough to aggravate the already flooded rivers and saturated ground. expect off and on rain through wednesday with highs in the 60s. isolated t-storms will be possible be sure to check out www.foxcarolina.com/weather for more on the forecast and interactive radar 3 and don't forget to wake up with thee morning news-- meteorologist nicole papay will have a check of the forecast as you head out the door--and traffic reporter chris scott will have the way to work.that's from 5:00 to 9:00 on thee morning news. 3 back to you. 3 flooding caused a lot of problems overnight in the mountains.the swannanoa river flooded - leaving parts of buncomb

also in buncombe county, a portion of this railroad track, along highway 70 in swannanoa, is closed off. take a look. a big chunk of land crumbled, leaving a hole under the track. this wide shot of the asheville french broad river stands. it's even spilled over in some places. and as sky 4 brings us south to landrum, we get another view of caroland farms on north pacolet road. through the fog, we can see the pastures are empty of cows, but filled with water. that's because workers had to move the cows to higher ground as the water here continued to rise. now, the hope is that the sunshine will stick around and help dry things up. as we saw from mandy's report, the flooding in landrum has if you have pictures of floodi in your area, go ahead and share them with us. you can upload your photos or videos to the ulocal section of wyff4.com. nigel: the identities of three people found dead after a house fire in mcdowell county have still not been confirmed. the fire happened on white pine drive on december 23rd. investigators believe heather stagg, her husband, michael, and their five-year-ol

aly: two people were rescued morning on swannanoa river road. mike: there are barricades up throughout biltmore village and various roads are flooded, a say to avoid those areas. aly: the national weather service will be near the charlotte area this morning after a confirmed tornado. this picture was taken in union county, north carolina. crews will determine the size and strength of that tornado today. mike: people across the nation are cleaning up after this same system swept through areas like this in texas. look at the damage. at least 11 people were killed and dozens more injured in multiple tornadoes over the weekend. the national weather service says tornadoes in the dallas area destroyed more than 1600 structures. airport officials say more than 2100 flights were canceled yesterday. of emergency after officials closed about 400 roads statewide due to flooding there. the high waters have killed at least six people in the middle of the state. officials say more than a dozen homes are underwater in one part of the state. mike: this system a

jay, someone dropped them off actually at the buncombe county sheriff offense office substation in swannanoa. authorities have not yet confirmed exactly who that was that dropped them off, but the boys were found unharmed yesterday. now, one local woman was actually taken into custody yesterday. her name is tryna weaver and she is expected in court here in asheville. she which is charged with misdemeanor child abuse. three other suspects, that tasha cantrell, tradewick aiken and christopher carter are sitting in a georgia jail charged with kidnapping the two boys in asheville early yesterday morning. agencies from several states worked to locate these boys after an amber alert was also issued yesterday. these suspects are related to the kids. the only tie to the children is that aiken was actuallyy an exboyfriend of their mother. so, the boys are ages 1 and 3 and now in dsss custody and we are expected to learn more from investigators today. as far as the circumstances surrounding this kidnapping case and we are also told that the three suspects in georgia could be extradited to north caroli

dropped the kids off at this fire department in swannanoa...somewhere within this time frame, they say weaver transported the kids... she was arrested in asheville...the other three were arrested in jackson county georgia, where they remain behind bars at this hour. lots of questions in this case...including children's parents are...and from where the kids were abducted. declined further comment on the investigation today. 3 detectives say none of the suspects are blood relatives of the children...we tried to go to weaver's home to see if any shed some more light on her...but the address on her arrest homeless shelter. no word yet on when the other suspects will be extradited back to western live in asheville andrew reeser the four o clock news. 3 continuing to cover our counties at four---- 3 deputies from anderson county and greenville county are investigating after a car was found in the saluda river.but a search of the river...turned up no trace of a person... person...investigators say a call reporting a car in the water came in just before 7-30 last night.both sheriff's departmen

exceed its banks. banks.buncombe:3 - french broad *flood* warning in effect until 9 tonight 3 - swannanoa feeds right into french broad- portions of it flooding:lyman st near riverside road 3 asheville wasnt the only area to see flooding overnight. several western north carolina counties are dealing with the aftermath of heavy rain. rain.in transylvania county: the city of rosman has evacuated main street.cemetary road @ the train trussel is shut down.the rest of those road closures are right there on your screen.we're also told there were some road closures in polk and henderson counties. 3 3 three suspect accused in an asheville kidnapping are still waiting to be brought back to north carolina. carolina. these two boys are safe after police say they were abducted on sunday. 3 now, four people are locked up---including a woman who's accused of being paid to go along with the kidnapping- trena weaver was in court in buncombe county yesterday. arrest warrants show one of the suspects paid "trena weaver" 20 dollars to drive the two kids.and police say she was under the influence at that tim

to be rescued. 3 - several 3 reports of rescues- still rivers will continue to flood- talk about swannanoa river right now now3 - biltmore village flooded - van stuck on lodge street friend of driver says water was knee high deep- several rescues across the area- boats deployed- again- concern not over yet 3 3 and flood through the morning, some areas have receeded but that desnt mean it cant again exceed its banks. banks.buncombe:- french broad *flood* warning in effect until 9 tonight 3 - swannanoa feeds right into french broad- portions of it flooding:lyman st near riverside road 3 3 asheville wasnt 3 the only area to 3 see flooding overnight.several counties are dealing with the aftermath of heavy rain. rain.in transylvania county: the city of rosman has evacuated main street.cemetary road @ the train trussel is shut down.the rest of those road closures are right there on your screen.we're also told there were somomroad closures in polk and henderson counties. 3 3 three suspect accused in an asheville kidnapping are still waiting to be brought back to north carolina. carolina. these tw

. -- swannanoa. suspectsnatasha cantrell, christopher carter, and three other suspects, cattralls carter and again were found in georgia. the four knew the family who was visiting from out of town. >> we have evidence to go through determining who played a part in what. we don't want to jeopardize that. there could be more charges. >> the three georgia suspects are facing kidnapping and child abduction charges in ashville. we are still waiting to finds out when they will be extradited from jackson county georgia back to north carolina, so with unanswered questions, the motive still isn't clear. >>> now to south florida, clemson is getting ready for the orange bowl. we are three days away from the battle with oklahoma sooners and 7 sports todd summers is in south florida with how the tigers are getting ready return during the early part of the season, defense looked as good as that defense from a year ago. it's just not been the same. north carolina scored 37 points, south carolina, had 32. tape. >> g

felt compelled to help. 3 3 a mudslide in buncombe county happened near artspace charter school in swannanoa. surveillance video from monday night shows debris floating away. the pictures from the was. water runoff from reger avenue damaged nearly every room in the building. ((stop)) 3 4:08-18 "the worst part is, we just completed a master plan process with asheville design center, this was all part of the plan. mother nature didn't wait on us." 17:05 "a lot of books are damaged, i think once we get settled and organized we are gonna need support with that. i'm worried about mold with musical instruments, art work that we have. " and to make matters worse, a lot of the school supplies that were donated -- or paid for by teachers -- are gone. 3 3 it could cost 100-thousand dollars to repair a road in polk county after a mudslide. trees and mud cover white oak mountain road. there was also a smaller mudslide near piney gate road on the saluda grade on i-26. the county maintenance engineer said they are documenting all road damage to apply for federal funds to help pay for the repairs. 3 floodi

>>jay: a mudslide in buncombe county happened near arts charter school in swannanoa. surveillance video shows debris floating away. the pictures from the next morning show just how bad it was. a lot of the school supplies that were donated were actually paid for by teachers. they are now gone. >>holly: we have an update this morning on the flood cleanup in biltmore village. last night dot crews worked to clear the mud along brook street. some stores are still dealing with the aftermath of tuesday's flooding as well. a gallery is facing thousands of dollars in damage. employees at surface gallery say they have lost sales because of the mess. >>> here is the answer took.com/news day's mind teaser. we asked how big is the new year's eve ball? >>jay: the answer is: it's 12 feet in diameter and weighs more than 11,000 pounds. >>holly: wow. >>> it received the title top dog on the social media site >>jay: it has more than 2,000,000 followers. an 8 year-old dog is a japanese see bah inknew ( ). the dog and its owner live in tokyo. >>holly: it's been on instagram for several

yesterday, buncombe county sheriff's received a car and deputies, two minutes later, went to the swannanoa fire department where they met several adults where they found the boys and handed them over to police custody. belinda says she also saw a car that matched the amber alert description yesterday. >> they all looked around the car, inside and out. all the sheriff's deputies left after they made sure that that was the car. >> kim: she says one apd investigator stayed. >> he put her in the back seat. when the wrecker came, they loaded up the car and they left. >> kim: the boys' mother is the person that called in for help and that's what launched that amber alert. meanwhile, the mother's ex-boyfriend is one of the three suspects who is down in georgia. we will get more details on exactly what happened once these three suspects are extradited back to asheville. kimberly king, news 13. >> larry: a father and his son in mcdowell county are charged after a fight involving a hatchet and a gun. thomas stafford and his son daniel got in an accident. the bullet actually struck thomas' other son

someone dropped the children off at the buncombe county sheriff's office substation in swannanoa. right now, it is unclear who dropped them off. this was after an amber alert was issued yesterday.... and agencies from multiple states got involved. 3 10:41-54i just thankful that we were able to coordinate with the amber alert system and georgia highway patrol and jackson county sheriff's department and locate everyone very quickly and come to a safe ending.the boys are now in d-s-s custody.the three suspects in georgia could be extradited to north carolina as early as today. 3 authorities suspect the boys may have been in town visiting relatives, and say their mother initiated the call about their kidnapping. we hope to learn more from investigators today. live in asheville, lauren brigman, news 13 3 3 an autopsy will be performed today on a six month old boy... who died on christmas eve in lincoln county. stephanie tillman, the child's mother, faces multiple charges including three misdemeanor counts of child abuse. those stem from incidents involving other children in the home. w

fire station this afternoon around one oclock. 3 this is where the children were dropped off.the swannanoa fire station on south avenue.a detective i spoke with says two people dropped the children off this afternoon.he in asheville was made.trena weaver is now charged with misdemeanor child abuse asheville police say law enforcement &; highway patrol joined forces to arrest the 3 other suspects.. suspects..natasha cantrell, christopher carter, &; chadwick agan are currently locked up in jackson county georgia.they are charged with kidnapping and child abduction 3 again, the two children are currently in custody of the north carolina department of social services--all we were told was that they were in town visiting relatives at the time of the kidnapping. derek? 3 shale, do we know if the couple who dropped off the kids is related to them at all? 3 when i spoke to a detective today, he says they are not related. and as of now, are not considered suspects.also, the suspects who were arrested today are also not blood related to the children.derek and sarah--back to you-- 3 fox carolina is c

someone dropped the children off at the swannanoa substation for the buncombe county sheriff's office. asheville police say none of the suspects are related to the kids... and that only agan has a tie to the children... because he is the ex-boyfriend of the childrens' mother 3 10:41-54i just thankful that we were able to coordinate with the amber alert system and georgia highway patrol and jackson county sheriff's department and locate everyone very quickly and come to a safe ending. the kids are in d-s-s custody. the three suspects in georgia could be extradited to western north carolina as early as today. 3 3 police in the upstate are investigating the death of a man who was found near a fast food restaurant. 36-year-old brent tresneer was found yesterday morning behind the hardees in cowpens. he was taken to spartanburg regional medical center where he later died. the death is being treated as suspicious. no other details have been released. 3 3 there is still no word this morning what caused a fire at a home in waynesville on christmas day. the house caught fire while the brinson

more issues are expected aly: and in swannanoa a portion of this railroad track along highway 70 is closed off. the video is from sky 4. this is a result of the heavy rain and flooding from yesterday. , leaving a hole under the track. mike: we are already getting some showers this morning, but the heavy rain will false in. you can track it all on the wyff 4 app. follow the storms from the interactive radar. aly: this morning, we will learn more about three clemson players who will not be on the sidelines for the orange bowl. mike: wyff news 4's sports director brad fralick is in south florida with the latest. brad: late tuesday night we found clemson sent three players home for what is being reported as a failed drug test. that was when he will address that -- dabo sweeney will address that this morning. this is what we know. wide receiver deion kane, j jim: has been sent home. practice tuesday back to clemson and for my plate in the orange bowl. the on came is the impact player here that will affect the clemson offense. -- deion kane is the impact player here that will affect the clemson

someone dropped the children off at the buncombe county sheriff's office substation in swannanoa. this was following an amber alert issued yesterday. asheville police say none of the suspects are related to the kids and that only agan has a tie to the children, because he is the ex- boyfriend of their mother. the boys are now in d-s-s custody. the three suspects in georgia could be extradited to north carolina as early as today. 3 the circumstances surrounding this kidnapping remain a mystery. authorities say the boys may have been in town mother initiated the call for help. we hope to learn more from investigators today. 3 3 investigators need your help this morning finding a missing person in the upstate. greenville county deputies are looking for this man, doyle chism. he was last seen yesterday leaving his home on green fern drive in greenville. he is driving a black 19-95 ford f-150. chism suffers from alzheimer's and diabetes. if you see him, call the greenville county sheriff's office at 864-271-5210 3 3 3 a florida family on vacation in the mountains got quite a scare when

off of swannanoa river road. fire officials say there are barricades up throughout biltmore village because of flooding in the area. sweeten creek road flooded from i-40 into biltmore village. the 280 block of lyman street near 12 bones is another flooded road in the area. fire officials are asking people to avoid the flooded areas. and a reminder.. don't drive through standing water. now let's get a look at traffic with richard edmund. on interstate 85 and we are watching traffic start to slow down from 385 back toward pelham road in the southbound lanes right now it's a couple of minutes delayed to get to your destination if you're taking that route report of a tree in the roadway in the roebuck community of spartanburg county on carolina country club road near mcabee road. in anderson county cruiser still trying to clear the roadway it is blocked concorde road it harris bridge road this morning or travel times at western north carolina or still looking pretty decent considering the amount of rain we've had in

aly: in swannanoa, a portion of this railroad track on i-70 is closed off. this is the result of heavy rain and flooding from yesterday. a big chunk of land crumbled, leaving a hole under the tracks. mike: heavy rain will be falling soon. you can track it all on the wyff news 4 app. follow the storms with the in our road to the title coverage, we will hear about three players: not be on the sidelines for the big game. clemson will send the repair -- three players home for a failed drug test. dabo swinney will address the media. wide receiver deon cain, placekicker ammon lakip, and tightend j.j. mccullough have been sent home before practice tuesday. deon cain is the second-leading receiver for clemson who's had a phenomenal year. he caught touchdowns in five consecutive games at the end of the year. ammon lakip missed the first part of the year due to a suspension from another drug infraction, but he's contribute some placekicks and kickoffs, and tightend j.j. mccullough has not played much if at all this year. mike: again, the head coaches have their final

mike: and in swannanoa a portion of this railroad track along highway 70 is closed off. the video is from sky 4. this is a result of the heavy rain and flooding from yesterday. a big chunk of land crumbled , leaving a hole under the track. aly: we are already getting showers this morning. you can track it all on the wyff interactive radar. this morning we'll learn more about three clemson players who will not be on the sidelines for the orange bowl. mike: wyff news 4's sports director brad fralick is in south florida with the latest. brad: late tuesday night we found out three clemson players will not play in the the orange bowl. clemson sent three players home drug test. that issue will be addressed at 8:30 a.m. we will hear straight from the head coach on what is going on for three players. deion kane has been sent home. they were sent home before practice tuesday. they will not play in the orange bowl. deion kane is the impact player that full impact the offense. he has had a phenomenal here. he caught touchdowns and five he did not in the championship game. he has re

. >> tammy: we go live with news 13's john le in swannanoa. the flooding overwhelmed artspace charter school. >> john: that's right, tammy. it has been a great collaboration. they left behind a couple of mountains of stuff of debris, including lots of carpeting damaged. and the latest rainfall couldn't come at a worse time, really, as they're beginning to recover from that first round of rain this week. as we take a look at surveillance video from late monday night. in fast speed you can see debris floating away from the courtyard the pictures taken show us just how bad it really was. water runoff from reeger avenue. damaged just about every room in the building. >> the worst part is we have just completed a master plan process with the asheville design center. so this was all part of the plan. mother nature didn't wait on us. >> a lot of books are damaged. once we get settled and organized, we're going to need some support with that. i'm worried about mold with musical instruments, art work that we have. >> jaclyn: so mother nature did not wa

this neighborhood off of swannanoa river is still night no one slept through. water still hasn't subsided. a glimpse of the danger that came so close. >> it's just all a blur. >> hope: justin tieg was up at 2:00 a.m. scrambling with his neighbors to get to higher ground. >> the water was up and within 30 minutes this water had risen 5, 6 feet. >> hope: that's when he saw a woman in her car below driving through knee-deep water. >> at first i thought they were passing through the water. then i heard the screams for help. >> hope: the water wasas colder than he thought and more deeper. >> i swam to her where it was more shallow. she started to get outside of the car and i just helped her. >> hope: everyone made it out safely. the driver declined to talk to us. car. justin says he's thankful he was there even if he did just the opposite of what those first responders advise. >> if i were to do it again i would analyze the situation, remain calm. see where there was more shallow entry in to the water. >> hope: it brought at least one thing in to clarity, justin doe

and in swannanoa, a portion of this railroad track along highway 70 is closed off. a big chunk of land crumbled, leaving a hole under the track. michael: to the south, in landrum, the passive -- the pastures of caroland farms are empty of cattle, but filled with water. workers had to move the cattle to higher ground, as the water here continued to rise into the morning. carol: meteorologist chris justus is in for john tonight. michael: chris, more rain, more

police haven't said how the chin ended up in their car in there dropped off at a fire department in swannanoa but won't say by who. the kids mother called police around 4:00 a.m., believing her children were kidnapped. and all four suspects knew the kids and their mom. >> it's not a random act of violence or random act of just, you know, there is no threat to the public right now of someone running out and abducting your kids. >> reporter: ashville officials have not been able to interview the suspects and the motive isn't clear. krystyne o 7 news. >> ashville police are not sure when or if the suspects will be extradited to north carolina, they may face more charges depending on the outcome. >>> details to a man found dead inside a home in greenville county. nathan lee crouch was shot to death, his body was found around 6:00 yesterday evening, at a house on perry roads. investigators say crouch was involved in a fight earlier in the day and was shot once. so far no suspects have been named in this case. anyone with information can call the sheriff's office. >>> investigators in spartanburg a

you this morning, fire crews rescued two people trapped in floodwaters overnight along the swannanoa river road. the fire department says several roads are flooded throughout the more village. -- throughout biltmore village. mike: president obama's motorcade was stopped momentarily after a drone was spotted flying over his route. the secret service says the pilot was completely unaware that the presidential motorcade was in the area. he immediately grounded the drone after being confronted by law enforcement and no charges or thought -- were filed. it took a few seconds for the bridge to come crashing down. the city has planned to destroy the bridge for the last five years after inspections of the infrastructure indicated the bridge needed to be replaced. leave your christmas tree for recycling, but in san francisco, they brought in a goatherd to eat the trees. they are teaming up with the landscaping team to help dispose of the christmas trees. times square will host the confetti best today in preparation for the new year's eve corporation. hand. colorful confetti will be tossed fro

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 crews have stayed busy. >> it's good to have the steady work. it's kind of a bummer, you know, it's at the expense of people's businesses. it's good for us, though. >> aaron: when you've been 12 hours, you have to entertain yourself. >> it's 100% appropriate to make a variety of sounds doing this work. >> aaron: because of

firefighters had to save a family in a minivan after swannanoa river road flooded. they were able to throw the family life jackets and help them to safety. it wasn't the only road there to flood. sweeten creek road, part of lyman street, and dupree circle among others also flooded. a mobile home park also flooded. we saw a man saved by a votboat. >> they came out and got me out on a raft boat. the great jacket on me and cut me right out. aly: kelley klope with asheville fire department says they'll even though the water has receded in asheville, more issues are expected with the coming rain. she asks folks to respect those barricades if they see them. mike: we're also seeing flooding in the upstate. this is sky 4 video from just a short time ago as it flew over caroland farms in landrum. they tell us the water is about three feet deep in some places. their biggest concern is their cattle. they've been moving the animals to higher ground and making su gates are open so the cows move to higher ground on their own if need be. there's also a concern about the equipment.

reported missing sunday but investigators say they were later dropped off at a fire department in swannanoa unharmed.three of the suspects were arrested in georgia. 3 greenville county deputies are investigating a death on "perry road".deputies found the man inside a home on sunday after reports of a shooting.the victim's name hasnt been released. 3 the carolina panthers are trying to shake off their first loss of the season.the falcons handed the panthers the stunning 20-to-13 loss on sunday.this is carolinas first regular season loss since november of last year. 3 time for birthday shout-outs, sponsored by urban nirvana... -omar from easley.-julian from seneca.-kimberly from anderson. anderson.if you'd like us to mention a birthday on the air, send the name, date, and hometown to *birthdays at fox carolina dot com.*and let us know if you'd like to see it in either the 7 or 8 o'clock hour. 3 we'll be right back, but first -- a look at yesterday's winning lottery numbers. numbers. 3 3 3 3 we're back with a live look along 385 north near fountain inn 3 free bojangles for an entire year -- co

firefighters had to save a family in a minivan after swannanoa river road flooded. they were able to throw the family life jackets, and help bring them to safety. there was flooding elsewhere as well. sweeten creek road, part of lyman street, and dupree circle, among others also flooded. in a mobile home park, a man had to be saved by boat. >> the fire department and city of asheville came out, and got me out on a raft boat. they came around and put a jacket on me, and got me right out, no problem at all. michael: although the water has receded, the asheville fire department will keep barricades expected. receding. this morning, folks at caroland overflowed, spilling onto the land around it. thankfully, all of the farm's cattle were moved to safety, so far, it doesn't look like any equipment was damaged, either, but farm manager matt rainey the crops here were affected. >> everythiung is early planted. we won't really know what kind of effect it has until later in the year. most of the pastures for the cows will be fine. so, yeah, it's a waiting game now. hopefully,

the children were dropped off at the swannanoa substation for the buncombe county sheriff's office. police tell us agan is the ex-boyfriend of the children's mother. >> a family from florida on vacation got quite a scare when their toddler fell out of the second floor window of their cabin. a three-year-old was playing near an open window when he fell yesterday morning. okay. >> and fire safety officials say it's important to get dry christmas trees out of the house. it takes only about two weeks indoors for trees to pose a fire hazard. in asheville and buncombe county they can be dropped off at the county landfill. asheville residents with just remember to get rid of the lights and ornaments. >> let's take a look outside this morning. seeing light rain fall across our western zones. 62 right now in asheville, unseasonably warm, just a light rain jacket needed. 64 into greenville. visibility is good in asheville right now. not the same story in greenville, below a half a mile, below two miles in the foot hills and the rutherfordton area. rain not heavy until late in foggy, breezy, g

shortly after both boys were dropped off at a fire department in swannanoa and shortly after. 3 take a look at these four people --they're now facing charges in connection to the case. three of them were arrested in georgia---and the other one was arrested in asheville. investigators say the suspects are not related to the children. stay with fox carolina for more on this story as it develops. 3 3 covering our counties:in greenville county-- we're waiting to learn the name of a man found dead inside a home.. 3 deputies say they initially got a call about a shooting on "perry road" near "interurban avenue" sunday night. once they arrived they found a man dead inside the home. authorities say it is not clear how the man passed away but they say no one in the community is in danger.if you have any information you're asked to called crime-stoppers at 23-crime. 3 in spartanburg county-- deputies are calling a death investigation **suspicious** after a man was found unconscious behind a fast food restaurant. restaurant.brent tesner was found behind the hardee's in cowpens sunday.we're told

shortly after both boys were dropped off at a fire department in swannanoa and the amber alert was canceled shortly after. 3 take a look at these four people --they're now facing charges in connection to the case. three of them were arrested in georgia---and the other one was arrested in asheville. investigators say the suspects are not related to the children. stay with fox carolina for more on this story as it develops. 3 3 covering our counties:in greenville county-- we're waiting to learn the name of a man found dead inside a home.. 3 deputies say they initially got a call about a shooting on "perry road" near "interurban avenue" sunday night. once they arrived they found a man dead inside the home. authorities say it is not clear how the man passed away but they say no one in the community is in danger.if you have any information you're asked to called crime-stoppers at 23-crime. 3 in spartanburg county-- deputies are calling a death investigation **suspicious** after a man was found unconscious behind a fast food restaurant. restaurant.brent tesner was found behind the hardee's in cow

reported missing sunday but investigators say they were later dropped off at a fire department in swannanoa unharmed.three of the suspects were arrested in georgia. 3 greenville county deputies are investigating a death on "perry road".deputies found the man inside a home on sunday after reports of a shooting.the victim's name hasnt been released. 3 the greenville county sheriff's office is looking for a missing man who has alzheimer's.78 year old "doyle chism" was last seen at 5:30 sunday leaving his house on green fern drive.he drives a black 1995 ford f-150 .call the sheriff's office if you see him. 3 the carolina panthers are trying to shake off their first loss of the season.the falcons handed the panthers the stunning 20-to-13 loss on sunday.this is carolinas first regular season loss since november of last year. 3 experts are hoping a recent study on kids with asthma is accurate. accurate.the study published in the journal of pediatrics finds that after going up for decades, asthma rates are going down for children in the u.s.the 2001-to-2013 study suggests that a possible plateau in

a family got stranded when swannanoa river road flooded. they had to climb onto the roof.. firefighters helped get them to safety. now here's dale. greenville, spartanburg, anderson will be partly cloudy and warm high of 70. southwest breezes 10 -18. the mountains will be partly cloudy, high of 68. southwest breezes at 5-9. heavier rain expected again through wednesday, another to an inch of accumulation. asheville, hendersonville will drop to 50 overnight, the upstate will drop to 56. highs show it's almost new year's eve.

around 1 on sunday officers said the two were dropped off at this fire department in swannanoa...this after an amber alert was issued late sunday morning when the boys went missing. detectives wont say why the boys were kidnapped... detectives will not release the reason they say the suspects abducted the children...they tell us none of them are blood relatives of the children. in asheville andrew reeser the ten o clock news. 3 kendra has a look at more rain coming our way way 3 you're looking live off highway 9 in rutherford county where flooding continues to be a concern tonight -after a tornado warning earlier this evening. 3 flash flooding is a concern in the upstate as well - through tomorrow...the roads are wet here in the roads are tomorrow...the roads are wet here in greer... and it's going to be like this into the 3 the last few days of 2015 are setting up to be very wet. it won't rain the entire time, but periods of heavy rain will be possible. a flood watch is in effect until 7 a.m. thursday because our soils are saturated and rivers are high, so any additional rainfall cou

felt compelled to help. 3 a mudslide in buncombe county happened near artspace charter school in swannanoa. surveillance video from late monday night shows debris floating away... the pictures from the next morning show just how bad it was. a lot of the school supplies that were donated or paid for by teachers are gone. 3 it could cost 100-thousand dollars to repair a road in polk county after a mudslide. trees and mud cover white oak mountain road. there was also a smaller mudslide near piney oak mountain road. mudslide near piney road. county maintenance engineers said they are documenting all road damage to apply for federal funding to help pay for the repairs. 3 3 3 3 >>> welcome back to "gma" and happy new year's eve. pumping us up this morning for the big college playoff games on espn. >> a lot coming up including a big reveal of the new american girl doll but first there she is hiding behind that mysterious scrim but for sara hours away from the famous dropping of the ball in times square. you have an up close look with jenny mccarthy. >> i sure did just a couple of blocks away the

upstate. 3 3 3 3 we continue our team coverage with news 13's lauren brigman who is live along the swannanoa river. lauren, where at this hour?show river level....> >3 3 kelley klope, asheville fire department "if you see standing water do not drive through it. just because there's not a barricade, that doesn't give you a right to drive through it. it's very dangerous. when flooding occurs, it happens quickly." asheville fire department also rescued two people trapped inside their vehicle along the driver tried to pass through standing water. another reminder that the water may be deeper than you may think, so turn around, don't drown. 3 follow us on facebook and twitter for updates as well 3 3 we will 3 3 updates as well 3 3 we will continue to follow the very latest on the flood damage and roads that are closed. updates will be posted on wlos dot com and our facebook and twitter pages. you can also sign up to get traffic and weather text alerts to keep you informed. 3 3 a tornado left behind a trail of damage in union county, north carolina... just outside of monroe. these are photos of th