This year's parade features 17 giant, helium-filled character balloons, 22 floats, 15 novelty and heritage inflatables and 11 marching bands.

Muggy air is with us overnight as temperatures only fall into the mid to upper 70s by Saturday morning.

At least 240 people have been killed in an Air India flight that crashed in Ahmedabad. Indian Home Minister Amit Shah confirmed that a single passenger survived the crash.