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July 12, 2021 7:34 PM Connor Sarles
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SPOKANE, Wash. People are dying from the heat in Spokane. Now, the conditions for city warming shelters, cooling centers and safe air centers have been eased so that more people can take advantage of them.
The Spokane City Council approved changes that allow these shelters to open under less extreme circumstances; changes that include:
Warming shelters must now open when temperatures fall below 32 degrees, and the city can decide to open at higher temperatures
Cooling centers will open when National Weather Service forecasts two or more consecutive days that are at least 95 degrees