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Sick calls at work are now at a record high.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says about 1.5 million Americans missed work because of sickness in December.

The agency says more than a million people have called out sick each month, for the past three years.

<b>RELATED: <a href="https://bronx.news12.com/nyc-health-centers-offering-services-to-those-suffering-from-long-covid">NYC health centers offering services to those suffering from long-COVID</a></b>

<a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/nchs_press_releases/2022/20220622.htm">It says long-COVID is a big factor</a>, with about 7% of Americans suffering from it, which can affect productivity and the ability to work.

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And of course, the clear weather help with that launch, but you're not going to find that yet. Tomorrow, the skies will clear after some early showers in the morning and maybe even some wet snow. So right now, this is it, we're in the thick of it. It's going to be picking up the rain that is from this point on again. And after eight o'clock, some of those steadier downpours will be right back. So visibility is really poor out there. Roads will be wet. Flooding is a good possibility right now as this rain picks right back up again. So more flooding into tomorrow morning and the strongest winds are going to be around this evening. So that's where we could have some power outages and even some, some minor damage out there. So for tonight, temperatures are going to start to cool, but we're holding in the forties into tomorrow 40 days. That's it. And those winds will make it feel much, much cooler, will definitely feel the chill waking up by Tuesday morning. But here's a look at the extended forecast. Temperatures are back to normal. It's a dry week until next weekend and that's a look at your forecast storm watch brought to you by PSE.

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For local matters. I'm Phil Tit. Now we are on storm watch. I'm here with Storm March team, meteorologist, hope oil. I mean, I hope this rain has really been giving everyone a run for their money. But the temperatures also, we're going to see a dip dip there. Yeah, a 20 degree drop in temperatures. So it's just something that we all really need to prepare for. So we are starting our evening with temperatures in the upper fifties, low sixties. This is what it's gonna look like around 11 pm, mild gusty storms and then by five o'clock tomorrow morning, 43 degrees, even though that the rain is coming to an end during the second half of your morning commute. A chilly gusty wind. It is going to make it feel even colder out there throughout the day on our Monday. Now, we have that flash flood risk, a slight risk. So scattered flash flooding is possible over parts of our area, we've already seen at least a quarter to half an inch of rain reported over parts of our area. But again, the brunt of the storm will start pushing into our area around dinner time. 8:09 p.m. It's gonna be a mess to be outside. So if you can avoid hitting on the roads, that is gonna be a good idea. So this is around 8 p.m. It's still mild temperatures, upper fifties, low sixties and we're seeing some steady and even even heavy rainfall even through the overnight and taking us into your Monday morning. 5:06 a.m. The steadiest rain is still going to be with us. Lighter showers closer to 7:08 a.m. But look at those temperatures, upper thirties, low for that cold gusty wind. It is going to allow feel like temperatures to be in the mid to upper 30. So that's something that we need to prepare for. Now, even from Monday night after the storm moves out of here, the the skies will clear and temperatures will be falling to the mid thirties, but we'll be waking up to feel like temperatures in the twenties. So that is something that we need to prepare for for Tuesday morning and look at those temperatures in the low to mid 40 through the majority of the week. And then we start to rebound just in time for the week.

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We remain on storm watch as this storm bears down on the Hudson Valley in Westchester right now. Meteorologist Julian C Wright is here. So Julian, what's the timing for when all of this is really going to be a big impact for people? So the good news is, is that throughout the Hudson Valley Tama, it hasn't been a real big issue as of yet, but the problem is as we get closer towards the dinner time hour, we are looking for things to start to intensify for many of us. So getting straight into what we can expect fact again, mainly dinner time and afterwards is when we're looking for a bit more heavy rain and for the winds to start to increase where we could see between 30 to 40 MPH gusts and that'll be from tonight's going into our early Monday morning which could result in some power outages or for areas that have been into those over saturated grounds where we could see some trees that have been knocked over, especially older trees as well. Here's a look at what we got in terms of our flood watch. Now, the flood watch in effect is gonna stick around until we get into our Monday morning. How much rain we're gonna be expecting is mainly close to around two inches throughout much of the Hudson Valley. But we could see areas like Putnam and parts of Dutchess and even four parts of the Westchester areas. We could be pushing closer to that three inch mark, especially if you're closer over towards the sound. Overall though, we are looking for this to be again, a bit of a mess that will be sticking around for us by the time we get into the rest of overnight. So here's a look at what we have as of right now, this abundance of rain, a very vast storm system is continuing to push its way up across the east coast. Now, we have windy conditions that are mainly off to the east, but those winds will start to pick up more as we get into the rest of tonight. So as of right now, it's for them about the next hour or two, we are looking for a bit of some light breakage in that rain for parts of Orange County and even Putnam into the southern parts of Ulster count as well. So we could see once again, a little bit of that rain starting to dwindle out, especially over towards Westchester, but it has been consistent light rain as we're going into this evening. So just be prepared for that rain to start to pick up a bit more, but since we are on to the lighter end, we haven't seen a whole lot as of right now. But visibility and the rain itself that we've seen, especially over towards Tarrytown. We've had reports where visibility has been very, very poor from fog and from the rain that's been falling. So if you can definitely don't try to go outside if you don't need to. But as we get past dinner time, that's where we're looking for a bit more of that heavy rainfall from 7 to 9 o'clock is we're expecting to see that rain to really be heavy and continue throughout the rest of tonight. So if you could even hear that heavy rain going in from the overnight carrying into our early Monday and walking through the hour by hour, we're looking at five hour periods of potentially seeing that rain just be heavy for us, which is where we're gonna be seeing the most accumulation of rain from overnight into our early Monday morning. Now, the wind speeds again are going to be varying between 20 to 35 MPH, maybe even 48 MPH gusts for some areas. A quick look at how much rain we could be expecting. Again. Another two inches is possible. Some areas maybe even three. But once we're all set and done with this by Monday afternoon, it's mainly going to be breezy and also quiet. All right, Julian, thank you. For that update. We will check back in with you shortly and.

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Long Island

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Now picking back up where we left off, this is how things are panning out for us across the island as of right now, not seeing a whole lot of widespread heavy rainfall though just south of Port Jefferson, we are looking for a bit more of tents of rain pockets as we continue throughout the rest of tonight. But the rain itself is starting to spread more towards the east end, which wasn't seeing a whole lot of rain earlier into this afternoon. But as we continue throughout the rest of tonight, the entire island is going to be looking at a lot more rain as we continue throughout the overnight, going into our day morning. Now, here's a few numbers of what we've collected so far from radar estimations near two inches of rain for the western side of Suffolk County and for much of Nassau County between 1.5 to 2 inches of rain. Now, what this means over the last hour or several hours or so is that a lot of our streets have been resulting in kind of flooding or even hydroplaning for many of us who are trying to travel along the lie or into the residential roads as well. So the streets themselves are not really the best conditions and they're not gonna be improving over the next several hours though. We are looking for a bit of a dry spot after five, between seven o'clock. But once we get towards eight and later, we are looking for another batch of rain to stay consistent overnight. And on top of it, it's going to be heavy once again as well. So here's a look at not only the rain but the wind because we also are looking at that to be the double whammy of an effect for us overnight. Especially once we get closer to a round 10 o'clock, we could be seeing gusting winds around, I slip and much of the east end between 40 to 50 MPH overnight, going into our Monday morning. So again, for now, going into around seven o'clock, it's gonna be our best opportunity to not be seeing those heavy pockets of rain. But once we're past eight o'clock from Huntington to Smithtown and Rocky Point, a lot of areas just to the northern side of Long Island for Suffolk County is gonna start to see a lot more of those bands of heavy rain continuing throughout the rest of tonight. But we're really looking for that one line of heavy rain coming in around 10 o'clock is going to be spreading throughout the island to about midnight into our early Monday morning again, with this heavy rainfall, we could be seeing rainfall, uh starting to go into about an hour, about an inch an hour for some of these moments. So that's why we are looking at flooding to be a big issue for us overnight into our early Monday morning. But again, wind speeds are going to be an issue mainly for the east inside or for Suffolk County from Shirley to Hampton Bays and Rocky Point and even further toward the Twin Forks, we could be seeing those wind gusts between 40 to 50 MPH. And with an over saturated ground, we already saw some down trees, expect a bit more going into tomorrow as well. Quick. Look at how much rain we could be seeing again, close to four inches for some areas, which is why flooding is going to be a big concern going into not tonight just tonight, but for Monday morning as well. But once we get to Monday afternoon, we're dry.

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Heavy rain, strong wind gusts as well as flooding all possible with the realm of possibility for even some power outages and some snowflakes for the higher elevations heading on into your Monday morning. Lots of stuff going on across western Connecticut. You can see the moisture already moving in with showers and downpours on the way as we are looking at these temperatures peaking into the fifties, rainy conditions, lots of wind, lots of impacts. Let's break it all down. We're going to be seeing periods of rain, gusty winds and even those power outages could start after sunset. So through eight o'clock going to start to see the weather pick up overnight, that's when we're going to be seeing the heaviest rain soaking floods, potentially as well as gusts up to 30 to 40 MPH, especially along an east of 80. And then things are going to be drying up as we head into the morning hours still blustering. Maybe even a chance of some snow flakes on the back side of the storm for the morning commute. So this is what we're looking at plenty of rain pushing in from our south and west, the heaviest going into Pennsylvania and Jersey and we'll be moving on into Western Connecticut as we go into the rest of the afternoon and evening overnight, it's going to see the heaviest rain with the chance for flooding and power edges 2 to 4 inches along and south of 84 to the north 1 to 3 inches potentially. So, watch out for the flooding if you do see any of the high water turn around, don't drown. And especially with those gusts up to 20 to 35 MPH over the next 24 to 48 hours, those showers and downpours getting steadier and heavier through the afternoon and evening. And then as you go over night, 9, 10 o'clock is when we're gonna be seeing the heaviest rain with the strongest winds, hail, thunder, lightning all in the realm of possibility as well with a chance of even a few snowflakes, slick road conditions on the 78 connector and north of 84 as we're going to be seeing those temperatures dry up lower into the forties and a few flurries even onto Wednesday, more on News twelve.com and on the App.

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CDC: 1.5 million Americans missed work because of sickness in December; sick calls at record high

News 12 Health Now on a Tuesday and sick calls at work are now at a record high, the CDC says about 1.5 million americans missed work because of sickness. In december, the agency says more than a million people have called out sick each month for the past three years now, and also says long Covid is a big factor, with about 7% of americans suffering from it, which can affect productivity and the ability to work.

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