Beds are stacked up at an emergency homeless shelter at Landis Junior High School in Vineland in December.
The Atlantic County Office of Emergency Preparedness on Thursday issued a Code Blue alert for the early morning hours of Friday.
The alert will be in effect from 1 to 5 a.m., county spokesperson Linda Gilmore said in a news release. Temperatures are forecast to reach 32 degrees or lower for a period of at least two hours. Local warming shelters will be available to the county's homeless populations.
Any resident who experiences a life-threatening emergency should call 911. Other emergencies may be reported to your local municipal office of emergency management. For more information, visit readyatlantic.org.
Ahmad Austin
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