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Code Blue issued Monday night

The City of Buffalo and Erie County have issued a Code Blue for the night of Monday, Dec. 16.
Credit: WGRZ

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The City of Buffalo and Erie County have issued a Code Blue for the night of Monday, Dec. 16.

When the temperature drops below freezing or 15 degrees Fahrenheit, it triggers one of two alerts, Code Blue 32 or Code Blue 15. Emergency situations near zero degrees or with extreme weather trigger additional response. 

The overnight warming shelter location for Monday night: 

  • 586 Genesee St, Buffalo, 14204 - accessible location, OPEN 8 p.m. - 7 a.m. (This location was formerly a women's shelter but will be open to all for Code Blue)
  • Dulski Center, 129 Lewis St. Buffalo, 14206, OPEN 8 p.m. - 8 a.m.

The daytime warming shelter will be open on Tuesday, Dec. 17 and located at the following:

  • 586 Genesee St, Buffalo 14204

Code Blue clients will be permitted at the NFTA METRO Transportation Center from 5 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. to obtain bus tickets to the Code Blue Shelter when Code Blue is called. People will not be allowed to wait at the NFTA outside of those hours.

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