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Citing a thunderstorm warning and tornado watch, organizers have postponed an anti-racism protest at the American Embassy until Wednesday.

One of the organizers, Omar Bu, said on social media that it wasn’t an easy decision to make but with the tornado watch, hail and power outages, “it’s a question of safety.”

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Hundreds of Ottawans had been set to rally Tuesday.

By Tuesday morning, nearly 1,300 people indicated on Facebook that they were going and more than 4,200 were interested in the noon event on Sussex Drive.

It was billed as a peaceful protest against white supremacy and racism in solidarity with people who were harmed by neo-Nazi demonstrators, including a young woman who died after being mowed down by a car, in Charlottesville, Virginia on Aug. 12.

Confirmed speakers had included Alex Neve of Amnesty International Canada, Amira Elghawaby of the National Council of Canadian Muslims and Aditya Rao of the Ottawa Sanctuary City Network.