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Dr. Ivan Miller, director of emergency medicine at Westchester Medical Center, spoke to News 12’s Nadia Galdino about fireworks safety ahead of the Fourth of July.

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Rain drops today. Meteorologist Matt Hammer filling us in on that forecast. Yeah, just a couple of light showers really around after one o'clock this afternoon through about six or seven this evening. So that's where we start off with on the futurecast. Really nice morning this morning, chilly temperatures will get up into the upper forties to near 50 though into the afternoon under mostly cloudy skies by late morning and early afternoon today. So the spotty light areas of green arrive after one o'clock this afternoon, steadier rain will be missing us to the north and west. But you will have the need the at times during the afternoon and early evening with just these occasional light spotty showers. The best chance for Westchester and Rockland to see these showers is actually after four o'clock and through about six o'clock or so this evening, then after seven this evening, completely dry, mostly cloudy. There just can be a little bit of some fog development overnight into early tomorrow. I do expect to see some breaks of sunshine tomorrow, but clouds certainly should win out throughout the day. Highs will jump well into the fifties briefly into the early afternoon. And I just want to extend this out into Sunday because there are some changes for Sunday, not necessarily looking at flooding or anything like that just yet. But after a dry, early morning on Sunday, we will likely have a round of steadier rain moving in for the afternoon and for the evening hours on Sunday, drying out in time for the morning commute on Monday. So we just want to keep an eye on that for you as we go throughout the weekend today. Kind of an eye all day. It starts off great, but it ends up being a little bit unsettled with a few of those spotty afternoon and early evening rain showers before just drier, mostly cloudy conditions kind of remain for the overnight with some patchy fog. So just pay attention to visibility overnight, you might have to slow down a little bit into very early tomorrow morning for some areas of scattered fog highs tomorrow. Well into the fifties, a stray Sprinkle possible in the afternoon and evening, but most of the day, dry clouds and little hints of sunshine tomorrow is easily the better half of the weekend before that chance that steadier afternoon, evening rain on Sunday, most of next week looks dry at this point, but turning colder by Tuesday with highs in the lower forties, it looks like we'll stay in the forties from Tuesday and through next weekend just could be some more wet weather by next Friday.

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Emergency medicine director at Westchester Medical Center offers fireworks safety tips for Fourth of July

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And as you get ready for your Independence Day celebrations, your barbecues your parties, we have a couple of safety tips that you need to keep in mind. Here's news twelves, Nadia Galindo with those details. Fourth of July preparations are underway across the Hudson Valley and just about everyone has a plan heading into the holiday. My plans for the Fourth of July is to go to my friend's barbecue. We like the Jersey shore and the boardwalk and all the rides while many will be enjoying fireworks put on by the professionals. Others will Diy and doctors say you need to take precautions every year on and around July 4th. We see injuries from fireworks. Dr Ivan Miller is the director of Emergency Medicine at Westchester Medical Center. He says in the days surrounding Independence Day, his department gets busy with fireworks related injuries. We see a lot of burns typically and sometimes we see really devastating um explosive blast related injuries including cases of, you know, where people with their fingers. There were 199 fireworks related visits to emergency rooms across New York State in the days surrounding Fourth of July in 2021 sparklers which can reach temperatures, close to 1000 degrees are especially dangerous for small Children in the fraction of a second they can cause a really significant injury. No, he won't be doing it. We're really careful. You always want to hold it kind of like out of your way. Sparklers can cause third degree and eye injuries. Doctor Miller recommends you lead the firework festivities to the professionals. We expect to stay on a nice blanket on the beach, on the sand and watch the beautiful fireworks and just a friendly reminder, using sparklers and shooting fireworks is illegal in Westchester County. It's also prohibited in the cities of Middletown and Newburgh, Nadia Galindo News. 12.

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