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Community members celebrated Haitian Independence Day on Sunday.

Congregants were able to dance and celebrate at Saint Jerome Catholic Church in East Flatbush.

The event included a procession to a classic hymn with the altar servers, deacons, a priest and bishop.

After Mass, congregants enjoyed the traditional soup zhumoo, a squash that prior to their independence, Haitians were not allowed to eat.

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Take it, you know, today, I'm calling it for a good ish day now because you're not going to be seeing the wet weather and notice our silver lining here, 60 degrees. That's nice and very warm, big departure for December 2nd. And uh we are noticing the trend also heading into the pre dawn hours into tomorrow. Now by tomorrow afternoon, you'll definitely need those umbrellas, a lighter jacket alert for sure. Today, what to wear looks like that um, umbrella for tomorrow's soggy on and off showers all day and heading into dinner time. That's when things really start to improve. But a seasonal return once again, specifically Wednesday into Thursday, as we walk you through our future cast, the clouds are here and they will continue to stay with us thickening and also gradually building to more shower activity heading into overnight at first light, but then we have these rounds of rain. So, you know, not everyone gets to see them and experience them all at once, but their heavier pockets also embedded as early as eight and seven o'clock in the morning. You'll notice Brooklyn, you kinda see that, especially when we're talking about heading towards the afternoon time frame. So after 12 o'clock, that's when we can start to notice a bit more of those moderate heavier pockets, the contours of the deeper um, greens, as well as oranges and yellows. We're gonna need those umbrellas handy all day tomorrow. So be mindful of that accessory by four o'clock, things really lighten up and the showers seem like they kind of exit. But, you know, we are left with the clouds still at bay. So it's kind of a bit more of a damp start heading into Monday. Nice, beautiful clearing and the sunshine is back into play as we start off the next week. Now, as far as rain total, it looks like this. So three quarters of an inch close to an inch for some spots, very localized. I'm not very concerned about localized flooding. Uh but because it seems to be such kind of like nuisance rain, it's just gonna be a rainy day and that's something to just be mindful about. By Tuesday, Wednesday, we get back into the forties and as we start off Hanukkah on Thursday, we are expecting drier conditions and high temperatures into the forties. Much more like December.

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Congregants celebrate Haitian Independence Day in East Flatbush

Welcome back. Well today is Haitian Independence Day in News twelve's Julia joseph went over to ST jerome catholic church as you see right there in East Flatbush to see how brooklynites are celebrating. Well, Julia, what can you tell us? It was a beautiful day of dancing in freedom to celebrate Haitian Independence Day. And let me tell you the congress here at ST jerome know how to sing. Haitian Independence Day is the biggest holiday of the year for Haitians all over the world. Today at ST jerome roman catholic church in East Flatbush, a traditional mass was held to honor the day, which included a procession to a classic him with the altar servers, deacons. Priest on the deal of the dependence. Haiti established itself as one of the greatest nation. It's always a tradition to on that day to gather together as organizations to celebrate that day. To honor our ancestors again to also to play for the country. And after the mass, congregants will enjoy the traditional soup jammu. It's a squash soup that prior to their independence, Haitians were not allowed to eat because they had a servant to their masters but now reigning in independence. They look forward to eating it every year. On Haitian Independence Day, reporting from East Flatbush, I'm Julia joseph News 12 looks like it was a commemorative time Julia. Thank you

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