Many North Texas cities are opening warming centers as residents are left with no power and no heat while temperatures plummet to dangerous lows.
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Additionally, the Salvation Army has opened inclement weather shelters in Dallas, Garland, Arlington, Plano, McKinney, and Lewisville.
Select YMCAs serving Dallas, Denton Ellis and Rockwall counties are opening their doors between 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. They expect to extend to Thursday and Friday because of the weather.
"We've had several calls of people needing a facility to come and get warm," Tricey Love of the Park South YMCA in Dallas said. "This particular YMCA in general is like the light of this community."
Stephen Yarmak spent Wednesday inside the Park South YMCA staying warm.
"It's tough, you know. You have a nice place to come to stay warm and stay safe," Yarmak said getting a little choked up at the thought. "It's good. It makes you strong."
HERE is a list of the YMCA warming centers in DFW via our media partners NBCDFW.