{"id":743370,"date":"2026-07-04T20:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T20:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/743370\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T20:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T20:27:08","slug":"live-updates-extreme-heat-storm-threat-affect-dc-july-4-events-nbc4-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/743370\/","title":{"rendered":"Live updates: Extreme heat, storm threat affect DC July 4 events \u2013 NBC4 Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What to KnowExpect another day of dangerous heat, with temps in the triple digits. A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect for the D.C. area.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;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.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.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.<\/p>\n<p>Temperatures jumped above 100\u00b0 again Saturday as large crowds celebrate Independence Day in the D.C. area, and strong storms will likely affect July 4 events, as well.<\/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 KnowExpect another day of dangerous heat, with temps in the triple digits. A severe thunderstorm watch&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":743371,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,36349,6956,1918,3,21,19,22,20,25,24,5832],"class_list":["post-743370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-america250","tag-extreme-weather","tag-fourth-of-july","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa","tag-washington-dc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=743370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/743371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=743370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=743370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=743370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}