Due to severe cold temperatures, the cities of Wilkes-Barre and Scranton have issued Code Blue designations.
In Wilkes-Barre, the designation started in the evening on Saturday, Dec. 17 and will run until the morning of Wednesday, Dec. 21.
The Code Blue Emergency Shelter is located at the Keystone Mission at 290 Parkview Circle in Wilkes-Barre. It will be open from 9 p.m. until 7 a.m. on each night of the Code Blue designation.
The City of Scranton has also issued a Code Blue designation for most of this week. The Keystone Mission-run shelter at Weston Field House will be open every night except Thursday night due to extreme cold until Sunday, Dec. 25.
The shelter at 982 Providence Road will be open from 8:00PM to 7:00AM during the designation.