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The Longwood community kicked off the summer in style as local officials and groups came together to host a festival for Bronx residents Saturday.

Musical acts such as Tono Rosario and Brenda Starr performed. Mayor&nbsp;Eric Adams and&nbsp;Gov.&nbsp;Kathy Hochul&nbsp;also paid&nbsp;a visit&nbsp;during the event.

Longwood Avenue, blocked off between Southern Boulevard and Beck Street, drew in crowds throughout&nbsp;the day.

Council Member Rafael Salamanca, the Hispanic Federation, and Freddy Perez Entertainment&nbsp;organized the event.

The music, carnival games, and other attractions gave attendees plenty to do in between various food options.

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Welcome back when you hear that sound, you know what that means. We're on storm watch with storm watch team, meteorologist Christy Campana. So Christy, we know the rain is coming, but that's not all right. Yeah. No, we can't rule out any gusty winds either. And those two combined really create for a messy kind of system that's headed our way. And like we said, 2 to 4 inches of rain is expected and that majority is gonna be overnight tonight and that can create some problems for your morning commute if there is localized flooding, which like we said, we can't rule out, but let's go straight to it and see, you know, an hour by hour where the system is coming in and this is two o'clock today. So we see the system just approaching here for the afternoon and we could see some batches of heavy downpours throughout the afternoon. But the majority of this is going to be a little bit later. This is 3 p.m. We see this light to moderate rain, these yellow colors really on the outskirts of the city and then maybe a break here and there by around five o'clock your dinner time. But then the majority of this hits around 8 to 10 o'clock and we see this orange, yellow and red and this is our more moderate, steady and even heavy rain that is headed our way and that's to continue overnight for your overnight hours. And that majority of it just past 1 a.m. two AM, we see it start to get slightly lighter around then and then by 6 a.m. we see it really start to push off and push out to the ocean and it clears up just a bit. We can't rule out a lingering shower until around seven or 8 a.m. And then it clears up really by mid to late morning and we could see even the sun come back out around your mid to mid morning to afternoon before the sunset, which is a good thing, but that flooding can still stick around and that comes with these gusty winds. So sustained winds of around 15 to 20 miles an hour and this is 8, 30 twenties we're seeing and then uh change in direction. This becomes a north wind as it's passing and we could see up to 3040 miles an hour. So really take anything in outdoors and just be cautious through the next couple of days. And let's take a look at 10 day forecast. We are in storm watch overnight. We're gonna see heavy rain, gusty winds and that breezy and those gusty winds continue a bit into your Tuesday. It's gonna be breezy but the sun is out and temperatures are back to seasonable for the rest of the week.

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Longwood Community kicks off summer with festival

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well, it may have been a hot one today, but that did not stop thousands of Bronx sites from coming out to the sixth annual Longwood Festival while the event even attracting special guests like Governor Kathy, local mayor eric Adams who was not one to miss and these 12 faith graham was there and tells us more about the fun filled day being born and raised in the south Bronx. This is something that you can't miss Bronx. Science could be seen filling Longwood Avenue all day saturday, enjoying the special festival called off by council member rafael Salamanca Junior and the Hispanic Federation. It's awesome. You know, we're, we're, we're still in covid season but we're, you know, we're assembling again. The live music a huge hit today as two special musical acts graced the stage Tonio rosario and Brenda K Starr. And to be able to bring the acts that were bringing high level acts to a low income community and just bring then to perform extremely humbling, many dancing under the hot sun, not letting anything get in their way. Many businesses even setting up shop along Longwood Avenue and from the carnival games to the delicious food. It's safe to say Bronx sites were in for a treat. The entertainment is amazing. The vibe is right and the Puerto Rican culture is alive and well. Two special guests even came by to join in on the fun and show their Bronx pride. Governor Kathy Hogle and Mayor eric Adams. Listen, listen, this is good music, great day of good food, you know, it's just great to be here. This is summer in New York. This is what it's about. Council member Salamanca jr tells us he already can't wait to hold the festival once again next year in Longwood Faith Graham News 12.

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