Organisers of the annual Independence Day Parade in Washington, DC, have announced the cancellation of this year’s event due to dangerously high temperatures affecting the United States capital region. The parade, which was scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 4, as part of celebrations marking the 250th anniversary of American independence, was called off following warnings from weather authorities about life-threatening heat conditions. The US National Weather Service issued an Extreme Heat Warning for the District of Columbia and surrounding areas, forecasting heat index values ranging from…
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