Heat prompts Edmonton’s extreme weather response

With basking upwind expected complete nan adjacent week, nan City of Edmonton activated its utmost upwind consequence Monday. It’s expected to extremity connected Tuesday, July 23.

This activation is put successful spot to thief protect susceptible group successful basking weather. It helps group debar dehydration by providing entree to drinking h2o and cool places to rest.

Edmonton is forecast to spot temperatures arsenic precocious arsenic 35 C complete nan adjacent 8 days.

The metropolis is providing 24-hour entree to potable h2o astatine bottle-filling stations attached to occurrence hydrants, including astatine Bissell Centre, nan CIBC downtown, Central McDougall and Queen Mary Park, Immigration Hall, Wîhkwêntôwin (Oliver), Alberta Avenue, Belvedere, Beverly, Niginan Housing Ventures, Norwood, Unity Square, Emily Murphy Park, Mill Creek Ravine, Old Strathcona Farmers Market, Millwoods Transit Station, Butler Park, Callingwood and West Edmonton Mall Interim Transit Centre.

All bid officers will person h2o bottles to springiness to susceptible group successful need, nan metropolis said.

Anyone who needs a break from nan power tin spell to immoderate unfastened metropolis facility, including libraries, pools and rec centres. Those places will besides person h2o bottles to distribute.

Edmontonians are asked to cheque successful connected older family, friends and neighbours.

If you spot personification extracurricular that you’re concerned for, telephone 211 and property 3 for nan 24/7 Crisis Diversion Team.