City activates overnight cold weather shelters for Friday

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The city of Austin will activate its overnight cold weather shelters Friday, due to temperatures forecasted to be in the mid-30s going into Saturday, the city said in a news release Thursday.

The city said the Homeless Strategy Office can decide to activate shelters "up to one day in advance and no later than 9 a.m. each day."

"Shelters will open when forecasted overnight temperatures at Camp Mabry are expected to reach 35 degrees or below," the city said.

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