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A quick update on our storm issues across Long Island. So this is what's happening as of right now. We're still dealing with that system that's been bringing an abundance of rain and now it is the winds that is going to be the double whammy or even the second issue for us as we continue throughout the rest of our Sunday nights into our Monday morning. Now, a lot of that heavy rainfall has been moving quickly, but now it's impacting much more of Suffolk County over towards Port Jefferson and over towards Islip and our Twin Forks areas as well. We are still potentially gonna be looking at more rounds of heavy rainfall to be impacting Nassau County in the western end of Suffolk County as we get into the rest of tonight. So again, just make sure that you, if you are gonna be out for tonight or even heading into tomorrow morning, you're planning ahead because things are gonna get a bit not only wet but still gonna be a bit messy as we start off our Monday morning. So make sure you plan ahead and leave a bit early if you need to. Now for western side of Suffolk County and for Nassau County, we do have a flooded are in effect until we get into just a few minutes past midnight for us, for tonight. But if we continue to see the heavy rainfall, we could see that extended as a possibility. So it's one thing where we are going to be monitoring here at the storm watch news, 12 weather team. But until then, here's also what we're looking at as of right now. So wind speeds are really starting to pick up, especially along the South shore, near 40 MPH wind gusts as of right now. And then the rain again, we're gonna be looking at another potential round of heavy rainfall for the next several hours going into our early Monday morning, not until about close to sunrise when we start to see that rain really lose its intensity and just become light rainfall going into our Monday morning. So once we're heading out, it's still gonna be a bit of the wet side for us, but still be mindful of wet roads, flooded areas as well because even for earlier, for today, as if you were going to be traveling on the lie, it's still gonna be a bit of a mess because we're not gonna be looking at this rain to really end for us until we toward late Monday morning and early afternoon. But right behind it, we're still gonna be dealing with some windy conditions. So overnight, we could be seeing again wind speeds, clocking from 42 near 60 MPH for some areas, mainly along the South shore, the northern shore areas. We are gonna be seeing the winds not being as strong, but still could be a bit of an issue, especially as we get into our Monday afternoon where we are anticipating a once again windy day for our Monday. So taking a look at how much rain we could be seeing from the rest of this event. Nassau County. Not as much unless it's closer towards the Suffolk County area, uh, near Hicksville, which would be close to about two inches. But overall, we could still see three inches of rainfall for some areas as well. A quick look at our 10 day forecast. Once we're done with our storm watch for Monday morning, we're looking at smooth sailing for the next couple of days.

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Jones Beach fills to capacity ahead of July 4 fireworks celebration

Tonight. It's a local Fourth of July tradition. We're talking about the Jones Beach fireworks show and tonight we're learning 176,000 people packed along the shore to see the skies light. The night news twelve's Tama Ponton is here to catch up with some of those excited families. Jones Beach is definitely the place to be for this Fourth of July. So many people wanted to be here today that the beach was full to capacity a little bit before nine o'clock. Now we ran into the Quinn family from Huntington. This was their first time here at the beach celebrating the fireworks for the fourth. We were super excited. We were scared of the traffic, but there was no traffic. It was getting in and just Quinn actually served in the army for eight years in the infantry. He says, celebrating the Fourth of July is important for him and his family. It means a lot to have my family down here spending their time, great weather. The kids, of course that we talked to are hoping for a little bit of fun. We also ran into Jillian and her son, Quincy and mom Gloria from Port Washington. All of the people here on the boardwalk and on the beach at Jones Beach came, ready to celebrate the fourth in their patriotic gear, waving their American flags and packed in on the beach. Ready to see the fireworks, light up the sky. Yes, we're having a blast here at Jones Beach. There was also live music. We also spoke with parks officials about that live music and they say it's going to be going on after the fireworks have ended. They're hoping people might stick around a little longer and watch the live music and then maybe everyone is not going to try to leave at the same time. You know how the traffic can be. The hope of course, is that everyone is able to enjoy the Fourth safely and get home with no problems at Jones Beach on the fourth of July. I'm Taton News. 12 Long Island.

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