Warming Shelters Opened In Atlanta

ATLANTA, GA — The City of Atlanta has opened two new warming centers to take care of people in need during the winter storm that has brought freezing temperatures to the area.

The new shelters, which have room for about 300 people, are located at the old Adamsville recreation center, at 3404 Delmar Ln. SW and the Central Park recreation center at 400 Merritts Ave.

The Atlanta Homeless Continuum Of Care program also is working with existing emergency shelters, which are all operating at overflow capacity right now, according to Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms' office. It's also coordinating with the Atlanta Police Department, the Atlanta Ambassador Force and other agencies to ensure the city's homeless population knows about available shelters.

For a list of homeless shelters in Atlanta, click here.

Wind chills in north Georgia could plunge as low as 7 degrees below zero Thursday night, according to the National Weather Service. High temperatures were only expected to hit a still-freezing 32 degrees on Thursday,with wind gusts up to 25 m.p.h. making it feel much colder.

The National Weather Service has issued a hazardous weather outlook and wind-chill advisory for north Georgia. The coldest weather will be along and north of a line from Franklin to Fayetteville to Gainesville. The wind-chill advisory officially goes into effect at 7 p.m.

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