Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
NEW YORK, 20th Jan. According to local officials on Friday 2 people died outside on the streets, one in a vehicle, and two others died in residences in Seattle.
According to King County Medical Examiner’s Office quoted in media saying that 5 people have died from hypothermia in Seattle, since January 11, when temperatures plummeted below freezing,
Two died outside on the streets, one in a vehicle, and two others died in residences, officials in Seattle stated
According to Public Health in Seattle and King County, the number of homeless people dying from environmental exposure including hypothermia and hyperthermia has gone up in recent years, from zero in 2012 to nine in 202.
The King County Regional Homelessness Authority is working with the city of Seattle and The Salvation Army to add 100 more shelter beds at the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall, as the weather shelters across King County quickly filled up last Friday.
Local news reported that over 300 spaces made available for Saturday night in the city’s largest severe weather shelter.
