纽约市启动今冬首个Code Blue严寒警报:夜间体感低至约34华氏度,六辆取暖巴士午夜至凌晨5时运行、八家收容中心开放

纽约市11月13日启动今冬首个 Code Blue 严寒警报,时段为当天下午4时至周六上午8时。市长 Zohran Mamdani 就此次警报发表了声明。
据11月14日的报道,纽约市紧急管理部门预计,中央公园夜间气温将降至36华氏度左右,风寒效应下体感温度约为34华氏度。Code Blue 在气温(包括风寒效应)预报降至32华氏度或以下时启动。
警报生效期间,全市庇护所和收容中心免除通常的入住手续,确保任何人都能迅速获得遮蔽。周六午夜至凌晨5时,六辆取暖巴士在 Bellevue、Elmhurst、Harlem 和 Lincoln 四家医院以及 Penn Station 停靠服务;八家收容中心彻夜开放。
市社会服务局局长 Erin Dalton 表示,Code Blue 的核心是消除障碍,确保处于严寒中的纽约人能够迅速、安全地进入室内。
这是市政府11月9日宣布2500万美元 Code Blue 扩容计划以来首次启动该机制。按计划,扩容在最高级别时包括20辆取暖巴士、四家新的取暖中心、在600多间客房中提供800张床位,并把全部11家公立医院设为取暖点。市政府提示,居民若在街头看到需要帮助的人,可拨打311热线。
图中是纽约市 50 Street 地铁站入口在暴风雪中的情景,工作人员正在清雪(资料图)
New York City Activates Season's First Code Blue: Wind Chills Near 34°F, Six Warming Buses Run From Midnight to 5 AM and Eight Drop-In Centers Open
New York City activated its first Code Blue cold-weather alert of the season on November 13, running from 4 p.m. Friday to 8 a.m. Saturday. Mayor Zohran Mamdani issued a statement on the activation.
According to a November 14 report, New York City Emergency Management expected the overnight temperature in Central Park to fall to near 36°F, with wind chills around 34°F. A Code Blue is called when the temperature, including wind chill, is forecast at 32°F or lower.
While the alert is in effect, shelters and drop-in centers across the city waive their usual intake procedures so that anyone can get inside quickly. Six warming buses operated from midnight to 5 a.m. Saturday at Bellevue, Elmhurst, Harlem and Lincoln hospitals and at Penn Station, and eight drop-in centers stayed open.
Department of Social Services Commissioner Erin Dalton said the point of Code Blue is to remove barriers and make sure New Yorkers caught in the cold can get indoors quickly and safely.
This was the first activation since the city announced a $25 million Code Blue expansion on November 9. At its highest level, the expansion includes 20 warming buses, four new warming centers, 800 beds in more than 600 rooms, and all 11 public hospitals serving as warming sites. The city advises residents who see someone outside who needs help to call 311.
来源:纽约市政府
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图片来源:图:纽约市 50 Street 地铁站入口雪天清雪情景(资料图)。作者:Metropolitan Transportation Authority,CC BY 4.0,维基共享资源。 / Photo: Snow clearing at the entrance of New York City’s 50 Street subway station (file photo). Credit: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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