{"id":912540,"date":"2026-07-04T18:47:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T18:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/912540\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T18:47:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T18:47:15","slug":"live-updates-dc-fireworks-expected-as-planned-but-parade-canceled-for-extreme-heat-nbc4-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/912540\/","title":{"rendered":"Live updates: DC fireworks expected as planned, but parade canceled for extreme heat \u2013 NBC4 Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What to Know<\/p>\n<ul class=\"what-to-know__list\">\n<li class=\"what-to-know__item\">Expect another day of dangerous heat, with feels-like temps in the triple digits.<\/li>\n<li class=\"what-to-know__item\">America&#8217;s Independence Day Parade in D.C. has been canceled due to the\u00a0extreme heat, as have parades in Fairfax, Leesburg, Takoma Park and Laurel.<\/li>\n<li class=\"what-to-know__item\">The Salute to America Celebration planned for the National Mall will now open its Washington Monument viewing zone at 5 p.m. today &#8220;to reduce prolonged exposure to heat.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li class=\"what-to-know__item\">More than 30 flyovers and demonstrations are planned for today, according to Freedom 250, the Trump-based organization planning events for the United States\u2019 250th anniversary.<\/li>\n<li class=\"what-to-know__item\">Download\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcwashington.com\/products\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the NBC Washington app<\/a>\u00a0for the latest forecasts, interactive weather radar and alerts from Storm Team4.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Temperatures are expected to jump above 100\u00b0 again Saturday as large crowds celebrate Independence Day in the D.C. area.<\/p>\n<p>Follow live updates on the July Fourth weather forecast for America 250, Freedom 250, the Great American State Fair and fireworks on the National Mall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What to Know Expect another day of dangerous heat, with feels-like temps in the triple digits. America&#8217;s Independence&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":912541,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[146531,8071,10202,51,50,52,13594],"class_list":["post-912540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-america250","tag-extreme-weather","tag-fourth-of-july","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-washington-dc"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116863202740431295","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=912540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/912541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=912540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=912540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=912540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}