ABOVE: Your full Skytracker weather forecast for Toronto and the GTA for Monday, December 16
TORONTO – The City of Toronto has issued an Extreme Cold Weather Alert which has triggered additional services for the homeless.
An alert is called when there is an increased danger to homeless people due to extreme winter weather conditions and when the temperature falls to -15 degrees Celsius, without the wind chill.
Temperatures in Toronto hit -17 degrees Celsius at approximately 5:00 a.m. Monday and are expected to stay below 0 degrees Celsius until Thursday.
The alert allows shelters to relax existing service restrictions and permit people to stay at the shelter longer.
The City of Toronto also adds 26 extra spaces to each shelter, as well as adding overnight street ourtreach support in the downtown core and offering free TTC tokens at some drop-ins so people can use public transit to get to shelters.
Officials say the alert is in effect until further notice.
A list of shelters people can get TTC tokens from
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