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Crowds of people flocked to Yonkers today to enjoy the annual Riverfest – Westchester County's largest free, one-day festival.

The family-friendly event has always been a big draw for the city.

The celebration, established in 1992, brought out families together under a sunny sky for music, arts and crafts and more.

News 12’s Carol Wilkinson was there to take in the sights and sounds.

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We're on storm watch for tomorrow, especially in the afternoon and the evening, we have two problems, heavy rain and gusty winds. There could be a few spots that briefly see 40 to 45 mile per hour winds which would bring the power out in a few neighborhoods mostly toward the lower Hudson Valley, Westchester County. That could be a problem and then also some localized flooding Sunday afternoon and especially in the overnight hours. So if you are planning on dinner time plans for Sunday, that will be a problem today, really pleasant at 10 o'clock or already close to 50 in Westchester County. And then we're in the mid fifties all afternoon. So it's actually a bit warmer than it was yesterday, but also a little bit on the cloudy side. If you have dinner plans at eight o'clock tonight, 36 in Newburgh, 3035 degrees in Middletown. So a little bit cool, but it warms up by Sunday morning. You're actually warmer in the morning time than you are in the evening tonight. We're expecting close to 40 for the upper Hudson Valley mid forties for the lower Hudson Valley temperature is definitely not the issue here. We will see some stray showers first thing in the morning tomorrow, but it becomes warm, widespread guaranteed in the afternoon. So you see that chance after brunch time really goes up quite a bit and there will be some heavy rain in the mix as well as well as wind. Now again, the wind is not a problem for the first half of Sunday, 2 p.m. Still not seeing any major wind, but there will be steady rain. Four o'clock, really steady rain here, it's a wash at this point, but the wind isn't a huge problem. 6 p.m. Winds starting to pick up a little bit. But look at this now, we're talking 20 to 30 mile per hour winds at nine o'clock. So some power outages are make sure you have a backup alarm clock. Sunday night for Monday mornings, wake up because look at the wind up to 30 MPH, that's kind of hard to sleep through. And although it's drying out on Monday with that wind shifting to the northwest, it is going to be still quite breezy on Monday. So a slight risk for scattered flash flooding. You're gonna want to watch out for underpasses roads, small streams and drains as well with all those leaves out there that could kind of clog up too. The rest of the week looks pretty quiet and dry. Once we get through Monday morning

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Yonkers' Riverfest draws in families for food, fun and free entertainment

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a one day festival making its return to Westchester's largest city Nuestros carol wilkinson brings us to the Yonkers River fest In these last remaining days of summer. The annual Yonkers River fest in downtown is just what the doctor ordered. It's fabulous, fabulous. I'm enjoying myself. The music got me going though, it's got me going, come on ladies, it's everything that a part of my life, according to its fun. Established in 1992, river fest continues to be a feast of sights, sounds and unlimited food and fun. With 43 years of marriage under their belts, Tony and mary full Joni. Make sure to have a good time together, rubber fist is part of their fun. The people, the people, they, you know the kids are having a great time, the weather's phenomenal, the weather was beautiful and we said, you know what? We want to get back into Yonkers and do things in Yonkers. We were thinking of going to the city, we said no Yonkers, it's beautiful for those who attend every year. The event, which draws a crowd of thousands is a must do all the entertainment. Today is a nice day, nice food, nice people come and enjoy yourself. River fest is the largest free one day festival in Westchester county. Let's not forget it's family friendly as well In Downtown Yonkers, Carol Wilkinson News. 12

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