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'Code Blue' announced for Wilkes-Barre

Mayor George C. Brown announced the 'Code Blue' alert Saturday due to severe cold temperatures.

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Mayor Brown announced that the city will enact the 'Code Blue' designation Saturday and Sunday.

The 'Code Blue' emergency shelter is located at the Keystone Mission Parkview Circle in the city.

The shelter will be open at 9 p.m. Saturday night and will close at 7 a.m. Monday morning.

There is also a code blue shelter available for people in Scranton.

It's located at the Weston Field House at 982 Providence Road, and it will be open as an emergency shelter until 7:00 Sunday morning.

Like the one in Wilkes-Barre, this one in Scranton is also run by Keystone Mission.

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