With much of North Texas covered in snow and ice, communities across DFW are opening up warming shelters to help those in need.
In Fort Worth, the city is opening all its community centers. They are open until 5 p.m., but the city is asking that people call before heading to one of the locations.
The city also wants to make sure people know the centers provide seating - and warmth, but not meals and cots.
They continue to monitor the situation and will open an overnight shelter if needed.
Meanwhile in Denton, to make up for not having enough warm places for people to shelter last year, the city has opened several warming stations in addition to shelters.
Kimberly Wells is Library Manager at the Emily Fowler Central Library. It’s acting as a warming station where folks can pop by, charge their phones, use the internet and get warm. She says the stations are a good option for those who have temporarily lost power.
The MLK Jr. Rec Center is acting as a 24-hour warming shelter too, but Wells says the city wanted to be extra prepared.
And in Dallas, as previously reported by KRLD the city has opened Fair Park’s Automobile Building as an emergency warming shelter.
Pastor Wayne Walker, CEO of OurCalling says dozens of organizations are partnering with the city to make sure people have warm beds and hot meals.
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