A showers clear out this 3 showers clear out this morning cloudy sky and highs in the low 70s. River flood concerns overnight. Tonight, clouds increase with lows in the 50s ahead of more rain wednesday. 3 wrap up 3 now lets send it over to the pit crew traffic center. 3 were watching a 3 crash that should be in the clearing stages in anderson. Road. No injuries are reported. Reported. 3 heres a live look at the s. C. D. O. T. Cam on i85 in anderson near exit 23. Traffic is moving nicely. 3 3 3 it has been a very busy overnight in asheville where heavy rain caused flooded roadways to be closed and several water rescues. Rescues. Fox carolinas Ashley Minelli is live this morning and ashley emergency crews said they had a hard time keeping up. 3 several reports 3 of rescues still concern as officials fear rivers will continue to flood talk about 3 Biltmore Village 3 flooded van stuck on lodge streetfriend of driver says water was knee high deep several rescues across the area boats deployed again concern not over yet 3 3 please do not go into 3 areas that are marked off. Its for your safety that we ask you not to go around those barricades until we get the roads clear of debris, stranded vehicles and some standing water as well. Well. 3 3 3 3 we want to 3 remind you when Severe Weather hits, youll want to get our fox carolina app. It will bring you any watches or warnings in your area. And will still work with your data just text carolina weather to the number on your screen to find out how to get it for free. 3 3 covering our countiesa Spartanburg County family is asking for help after their loved one was killed in a possible hit and run. Run. Brent tessnear died sunday morning at the hospital. After someone found him badly hurt behind the hardees in cowpens. Cowpens. Investigators now think someone might have hit him with a car. And took off. And family members tell us they think it could have been intentional. Theyre now asking for anyone with information to come forward. 3 it was an innocent mans life that was taken. Whether it be a hit and run or whether someone heard him, answer still need to be served. Its not a speeding ticket that were dealing with its somebodys life. Life. Were told 3 tessnear leaves behind six children. Cowpens police are offering a cash reward for any information that leads to an 3 we have new details on a Death Investigation in Greenville County. County. The coroner says Nathan Crouch was found dead in a home on perry road sunday night. Investigators say crouch got into a fight with someone. And was shot in the chest. His death is ruled a homicide. But no ones been arrested. If you know anything crime. 3 3 were bringing you continuing coverage of the tigers trip to the orange bowl. Theres been some concern over clemsons defense heading into a tough matchup with oklahoma. Sports director Aaron Cheslock joins us now from Fort Lauderdale with more. 3 3 3 3 the tigers giving up 30plus points in each of their last two matchups. The question is simple. Can clemson stop the sooners . The number seven offense in the nation. 3rd in scoring at more than 45 points per game. Game. 3 3 oklahoma can sling the ball short, medium and deep. But tigers defensive coordinator Brent Venables says what really makes the sooners though to stop is the emergence of their rushing attack. With backs Samaje Perrine leading the way out of the backfield, ous totaled 50 seven games. The tigers giving up several big plays in their last couple games against South Carolina and north carolina. A lot of it gets attributed to the tigers simply getting gassed. They played ten games straight to wrap up the regular season. But they say their rested and revitalized now. Not a concern for arguably the best qb in the big12. Oklahomas baker mayfield. Mayfield. 3 3 it could be a shoutout but when it comes down to a shoutout its about keeping the ball in your hands and not turning it over. I mean you can control the clock even if youre not going and scoring a touchdown every time. You can control the clock and keep it in your tempo and thats what we want to do. Do. 3 3 we just havent been coming out and playing the way weve been playing the last couple games. And i feel like we all had a great bowl practice and got back to the defense we were, with what youve seen against norte dame and stuff like that. That. 3 linebacker ben boulware sums it up by saying in their mind its not about who lines up across the line of scrimmage. Its simply about the tigers defense playing to their own standard. More coverage coming to you from Fort Lauderdale at 4, 10, more on the tigers tomorrow night. During the orange bowl preview. Aaron cheslock will have indepth analysis and oneonone interviews with the tigers in florida. Thats tomorrow night at 7 30 here on fox carolina. You can also head to fox carolina dot com for a full section of orange bowl coverage. 3 now for weather and traffic every 10 minutes. Minutes. 3 showers clear out this 3 morning leaving a partly to mostly cloudy sky and highs in the low 70s. River flood concerns remain all day as drainage continues from the overnight. Tonight, clouds increase with lows in the 50s ahead of more rain wednesday. 3 lets send it over to traffic. 3 there are no new 3 crashes or lays to report. This is a look at our traffic map up in asheville that is clear how ever there are plenty of roads that are closed because of flooding. Fox carolina dot has a list of all 3 heres a live look over greenville youre watching the morning 3 news on fox carolina. 3 3 hi im lt jon van donsel with the 14 15 transportation company. I want to say hi to my wife cindy and my family in brevard nc. Happy holidays. 3 youre watching the morning news with lauren elise, ben hill, meteorologist nicole 3 welcome back to 3 the morning news on fox carolina. Youre taking a 3 live look over ab techin asheville 3 3 all new this houra federal prosecutor in belgium says two people are in custody on suspicion they were planning attacks over the holidays. Holidays. Investigators say raids were carried out in the brussells area. Miltary type uniforms and propaganda materials from isis were found but no weapons or explosives. Its unclear if the suspects are male or female. 3 3 this morning. A teen who used 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 hard rock fans are mourning the death of motorheads lead singer this morning. Morning. The band announced ian Lemmy Kilmister passed away monday. Just days after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer. He had battled other Health Issues in recent years. But stayed active in the band. Lemmy started motorhead in 1975 and was their main songwriter. Their biggest hit was ace of spades in 1980. Lemmy was 70 years old. 3 3 whole foods is now paying off thousands of dollars after customers. On monday. Company leaders said they agreed to pay half a Million Dollars to resolve the investigation into its new york city stores. Earlier this year. Whole foods admitted it had charge too much for some items, like fruit and sandwiches. They said it was unintentional. Last year, the company settled with three cities in california over similar claims. 3 if youve got gift cards you dont want. You might be able to trade them at target. The retailer is partnering with the Gift Card Exchange website, cardpool. More than 15 hundred target stores are participating in the program, which lets you trade another stores gift card for a target card. Target says they will accept cards from hundreds of companies. But you wont get back the full value of your card. For example, if you trade a 100 dollar walmart card. Youll only get back an 85 dollar target card. 3 time for weather and traffic. 3 showers clear out this 3 morning leaving a partly to mostly cloudy sky and highs in the low 70s. River flood concerns remain all day as drainage continues from the overnight. Tonight, clouds increase with lows in the 50s, ahead of more rain wednesday with highs in the 60s. Skies begin to clear on new years eve with temperatures in the mid60s. Sunshine and seasonably cold air in the 50s during the day and freezing at night move back in for friday and the weekend. Showers clear out this morning leaving a partly to mostly cloudy sky and highs in the low 70s. River flood concerns remain all day as drainage continues from the overnight. Tonight, clouds increase with lows in the 50s, ahead of more rain wednesday with highs in the 60s. Skies begin to clear on new years eve with temperatures in the mid60s. Sunshine and seasonably cold air in the 50s during the day and freezing at night move back in for friday and the weekend. 3 weather hit 3 no new crashes 3 but troopers are reporting a disaed vehicle on i85 south near exit 61. 61. 3 heres a live look at the s. C. D. O. T. Cam on i85 near exit 61. No back ups in that area and traffic is light. Pit crew traffic sponsored by Kevin Whitaker chevrolet cadillac 3 3 3 news you need to know. Several roads are closed in several Western North carolina counties because of flooding. Asheville firefighters say they performed water rescues after people drove through standing water. Emergency over because rivers could still exceed their banks. 3 at least 43 people have died in Severe Weather over the last week and the storm system is still on the move. The system has caused blizzard conditions in western texas. Flooding in missouri. And tornadoes in several states. Its expected to move into the northeast today. 3 two Cleveland Police officers will not face charges in the death of 12 year old tamir rice. A grand jury decided not to indict them monday. Rice was shot and killed at a rec center last november while holding a toy gun. 3 and heres a live look at the Swannanoa River in asheville youre watching the morning news on fox carolina. 3 welcome back to the morning 3 news on fox carolina. Were in resolution on your own, coming january 4th, the 700 club shows you how to protect your finances, nationally known money experts reveal their secrets to help you, get out of debt, save money, find your dream career, plan for retirement and have financial success, watch the 700 club five part series, protect your finances coming january 4th. 3 the morning news on fox carolina. Were looking live 3 puppies and 3 kittens are popular Christmas Gifts but you may want to make sure they are wanted before you give one. One. An upstate man came under fire after he posted a picture on facebook of him holding a dog by its neck. He was trying to sell it after he said his daughter received a puppy she didnt want. After seeing the picture onlinelucky pup rescue in greenville was able to pick the dog up. They are now hoping to find that pup a home. Rescue workers are asking people to think twice before giving a pet as a gift. 3 matthew mashburndirector of lucky pup rescueobviously to anyone who wants to adopt a puppy, def. Do your research on breed, find a local rescue or even a shelter. Its always great to rescue from a shelter because shelters do put dogs down. 3 workers 3 suggest instead of just handing someone an animal. A better idea might be to buy a Gift Certificate to an Animal Shelter or give them money to 3 time for weather with nicole. 3 3 showers clear out this morning leaving a partly to mostly cloudy sky and highs in the low 70s. River flood concerns remain all day as drainage continues from the overnight. Tonight, clouds increase with lolo in the 50s ahead of more rain wednesday. 3 weather hit 3 traffic has 3 really slowed down since rush hour. No new wrecks to report. This is our Cherokee County traffic map which is all clear. Clear. Heres a live look at the s. C. D. O. T. Cam in spartanburg. I85 near exit 70. Youre watching the morning news on fox carolina. 3 3 3 the morning news starts now. Day. But showers clear out this morning. Bringing sunny skies later on. On. 3 overnight flooding led to road closures and even water rescues in Western North carolina. Were live in asheville with the latest. 3 lets look live 3 over ab tech in asheville. 3 good morning. Its tuesday, dececeer 29. Im lauren elise. Here with nicole papay. Thanks for joining us on the morning news. 3 showers clear out this morning leaving a partly to mostly cloudy sky and highs in the low 70s. River flood concerns remain all day as drainage continues from the overnight. Tonight, clouds increase with lows in the 50s ahead of more rain wednesday. 3 wrap up 3 were watching watching have picked 3 we have picked 3 up a new crash in anderson county. Its at highway 29 at sullivan road. Thanksfully no injuries are being reported. Reported. 3 heres a live look at the s. C. D. O. T. Cam in anderson on i85 near clemson boulevard traffic is light and moving. 3 3 3 overnight flooding in asheville caused quite the mess in and around the downtown area. This morning several roads are closed after Rushing Water filled the streets. Streets. Fox carolinas Ashley Minelli is live there this morningand ashley a scary night for some drivers who had to be rescued. 3 several reports of rescues still concern as officials fear rivers will continue to now3 Biltmore Village flooded van stuck on lodge streetsays water was knee high deep several rescues across the area boats deployed again concern not over yet 3 trt 10 secsemergency from public works putting out barricades to apd Asheville Police to ems were all working together to ensure the safety of our citizens. Citizens. 3 buncombe 3 french broad Flood Warning 3 swannanoa feeds right into french broad portions of it flooding lyman st near Riverside Road 3 3 across the 3 nation. A huge weather system is being blamed for Severe Weather thats killed dozens in several states. States. 43 people have died in Severe Weather over the past week. The system has caused blizzard conditions in western texas. Flooding in missouri. And tornadoes in several states. Thousands of flights were delayed or canceled on monday. Recasters keep moving toward the northeast today. 3 3 covering our counties Greenville County deputies are looking for a man who held a gun to a womans head and threatened to kill her. Her. Investigators need your help to find ernest dennis, junior. Last month. Deputies say he violently attacked a woman. Held a gun to her forehead, and threatened to kill her. Right now, hes wanted for attempted murder, assault and batttery. And several other charges. If you see him, call 23crime. 3 were learning new details about a kidnapping case in buncombe county. County. A total of four people are facing charges. 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 time. Police say three year old harlee and one year old Elijah Joyner were abducted from a home sunday. And were later found safe in swannanoa. The other three suspects were arrested in jackson county, georgia. Its not clear when theyll be brought back to north carolina. Counting his blessings after he and his wife survived a house fire. Fire. The house on green street in iva caught fire saturday night. The home belongs to pastor terry allen from the going through with jesus church in iva. He says an alarm woke him up. And by the time he and his wife got out. The whole house was in flames. Its a total loss. But the pastor says hes just grateful they escaped with their lives. 3 3 3 we lost everything. Theres nothing that can be saved. Saved. Were very thankful. There is no way without the grace of god that we would ever. We would ever come through. Through. Pastor allen says members of the community have already reached out to help. If you would like to send clothing or money. You can find the address in our story on fox carolina dot com. 3 3 as we get closer to the orange bowl. Fox carolina is down in florida following the tigers as they get ready. Ready. This morning, sports director Aaron Cheslock is most underrated players cordrea tankersley. They talked about the tigers defense and how they will match up with oklahoma. 3 3 you look at this 3 oklahoma offense, a team thats scored fiftyplus points in five of their last seven games, how do you guys gameplan for an offense thats that highcaliber . Caliber . 3 well we just go out there and do what weve been doing every single week, we know theyre a great team and theyre going to go out there and compete, theyre going to go out there and try to make all the plays, its just up to us to try and stop them. Like i said theyre just a great team, with a great quarterback. And great coaches so we look forward to the task. Task. With a tigers win 3 against the sooners on thursday. They have a shot at the National Championship title. 3 well have much more on the tigers tomorrow night. During the orange bowl preview. Aaron cheslock will have in depth analysis and oneonone interviews with the tigers in florida. Thats tomorrow night at 7 30 here on fox carolina. You can also head to fox carolina dot com for a full coverage. 3 time for weather and traffic every 10 minines. Minutes. 3 showers clear out this morning leaving a partly to mostly cloudy sky and highs in the low 70s. River flood concerns remain all day as drainage continues from the overnight. Tonight, clouds increase with lows in the 50s ahead of m