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Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health has issued an extreme cold weather alert for Tuesday as the temperature is expected to fall to -11C without the windchill this evening.

The advisory is issued when the temperature is forecast to reach -15C or colder, or with a wind chill of -20 or colder.

The conditions are expected to remains frigid into Thursday with temperatures hovering below -10C during the overnight hours.

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The alert triggers cold weather services for homeless people, including TTC tokens for people to get to shelter, increased street outreach, and a direction to shelters to relax any service restrictions in place.

Two 24-hour extreme cold weather drop-ins will be opened by 3 p.m. on the day the alert is called and closed by noon on the day the alert is cancelled.

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The public is encouraged to check on vulnerable friends, neighbours and family to ensure they are safe as the weather conditions change.

NEWS RELEASE: Extreme Cold Weather Alert Issued – seek shelter, check on loved ones. More info: https://t.co/XJ1hMzIZZb — Toronto Public Health (@TOPublicHealth) December 12, 2017

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