A person appears to be like over icy circumstances on this file photograph. (AP Photograph/Julio Cortez)
Toronto has issued an excessive chilly climate alert as frigid climate circumstances are anticipated for the weekend.
The town’s Medical Officer of Well being issued the alert in the present day which is able to stay in impact till additional discover.
Excessive chilly climate alerts are issued when temperatures are forecast to achieve -15 C or colder, or when the wind chill is forecast to achieve -20 or colder.
Different weather-related elements might also be thought-about when issuing these alerts.
In Toronto, the temperature is ready to drop to -7 C this afternoon, however will really feel like -12 with the wind chill. Immediately is anticipated to be partly cloudy with an opportunity of flurries.
In response to the alert, warming centres will open for weak residents later in the present day.
The town’s warming centres are situated at:
129 Peter St.
5800 Yonge St.
Exhibition Place, Higher Dwelling Centre, 195 Princes’ Blvd.
Scarborough Civic Centre, 150 Borough Dr.
Warming centres often open at 7 p.m. on the day an alert is issued and stay open till midday on the day an alert is terminated.
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