The city’s temporary cold shelter located at E1 Bairro da Ilha Verde Building on Rua Leste da Ilha Verde opened at 6 p.m. yesterday, the Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) said in a statement.
The shelter opened in response to the hoisting of the “yellow” cold weather alert by the observatory, which said yesterday it expected the weather over the next couple of days to “be continuously cold” when the temperature was expected to dip to as low as 12 degrees Celsius.
The weather will become foggy and rainy from Wednesday, with the temperature rising to 19 degrees Celsius, but it will be cold again during the weekend, the Macau Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) forecast yesterday.
The IAS statement noted that the shelter will provide facility users with a mattress and a quilt, as well as food and beverages free of charge. Customarily, the shelters stays open between 6 p.m. and 8 a.m. when the temperature falls to 14 degrees or lower. In the early morning yesterday, the mercury fell to under 12 degrees.
The bureau urged residents to keep an eye on senior citizens who live alone, suffer from chronic diseases or frail health, and to be ready for the cold weather.
Enquiries about the shelter can be made by calling 2827 0939 during office hours or 6399 1963 during non-office hours.
This chart provided by the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) mobile app early today shows its temperature forecast for the next few days.
