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    Additional emergency shelters for Vancouver

    Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 20 Jan, 2025 12:02 PM
    • Additional emergency shelters for Vancouver

    The City of Vancouver has activated additional emergency shelters through Monday night as temperatures drop below zero overnight.

    Environment Canada forecasted a low of minus two on Sunday in the city and a low of zero for today.

    At the same time, a wind chill of minus seven was expected Sunday night and a wind chill of minus eight is expected this morning.

    Criteria for the city's extreme weather alert system includes when temperatures are at or below zero degrees, or feel that way with wind chill.

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