longisland

Some people are still searching
for their holiday gifts just one day away from Christmas Eve.

Cases of COVID-19 are on the
rise but shoppers at the Broadway Commons Mall in Hicksville Thursday say as
long as they are cautious and wearing a mask, they are not worried about the Omicron
variant.

Some doctors, however, tell News 12 that shopping can be risky.<br>


“Given not knowing the people around them, vaccine status or even infection
status because immunized infected people may be minimally asymptomatic, I think
there’s reason for concern,” says Dr. Leonard Krilov, of NYU Langone.<br>


Doctors say those who do plan on going in crowded places should not take too
long and to wear mask.&nbsp;

Some people are still searching for their holiday gifts just one day away from Christmas Eve

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LI | Weather

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To go to other charities. Make sure you tell them I'm Janice Lieberman and that's the real deal. You can see Janice is bundled up there taking a look outside. It's windy out this morning. The camera is moving. Winds have been around 20 to 30 MPH sunshine this morning. A few clouds this afternoon with the chance of a few flurries out there as well. With the cold weather conditions, the air is coming straight out of the Arctic towards Long Island. So a quick shot of a bitter blast with the sunshine this morning wind chills with that gusty wind. Air temperatures in the thirties. It feels more like the twenties. So what do you need to do? Dress in layers, the gloves, the hat and the scarf. Now for winter standards, it's overall not terrible. But again, we're still in November. This is our first good shot of colder weather with a gusty wind. You can see, feels like temperatures in the twenties. Some snow showers north and west watching this as we go into our afternoon between one and 4 p.m. there will be a chance of a few flurries or a passing snow shower, bundle up Greg, the warm boots, grab the gloves, the hat and the scarf, especially if you have to be outside for a prolonged period of time. Construction workers, landscapers dress in layers, hyperlocal high of 39 degrees. We're looking at breezy cold weather and again, the threat of a few flurries or a passing snow shower for our afternoon clouds will build this afternoon after a lot of sunshine this morning at around 233 30. Again, there's our little flurry or snow shower passing through. And with that gusty wind, it feels like the twenties. It's dry for the evening rush hour, but it's cold right through tomorrow morning. And then again, the winds will be with us through Wednesday wind chills in the twenties this afternoon going into the teens by the time we go towards Wednesday morning and then a slow warm up by Thursday and Friday, you can see by Friday clouds are coming in a south westerly wind, that's a warming wind and that will lead to some showers towards Friday evening high. Say thirties to around 40 degrees cold weather conditions through tonight. Lows are in the twenties with the cold weather conditions and taking a look at that extended forecast. We're looking at the warmer weather with some wet weather coming in as we go towards Friday with highs near fifties over the weekend, I'll be towards uh Port Jeff Station today with Mariano Rivera Honda dealership. He'll be there as well for, uh, giving Tuesday and we'll do a live broadcast starting at noon.

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