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Donald Trump’s plans to celebrate the US’s 250th birthday with “the greatest show of all” in the heart of Washington DC were disrupted on Saturday evening by fears of a thunderstorm.
Thousands of spectators who had filed into the national mall for a show featuring a speech by the US president and an extensive fireworks display were instructed to evacuate the site.
Many opted to stay, as the clouds grew darker overhead. An hour after the order was issued, the US Secret Service urged people to leave, prompting a chorus of booing.
Hundreds of people, many wearing ‘Make America Great Again’ hats and ‘45-47’, the numbers of Trump’s presidencies, were reluctant to leave the site after it took hours to enter amid heavy security.
As menacing clouds rolled over the event, the crowd chanted “USA! USA!” and “We want Trump!” For a while the military jet flyovers continued overhead before they were canceled.
Eventually, many were forced to leave and crowded in nearby buildings and under government building overhangs as rain and thunder started over the national mall.
An extreme heatwave across the US east coast already has already upended some of the weekend’s long-planned celebrations. As the US festivities approached their crescendo, temperatures had been expected to rise above 100F (37.8C) in Washington amid sweltering conditions.
Saturday’s Independence Day parade through the nation’s capital was abruptly canceled, a day after a parade was also canceled in Philadelphia, where the country’s Declaration of Independence from Britain was signed in 1776.
But the weather started to turn after the first attenders filed on to the site of Trump’s planned speech on Saturday.
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