North Texas warming shelters close after this weekend; overflow shelters on standby

The Brief

  • As temperatures rise, some North Texas emergency warming shelters are beginning to close.
  • Dallas’ largest shelter at Fair Park will shut after this weekend, while others remain on standby.
  • Advocates warn hundreds will return to the streets as regular shelters remain full.

DALLAS As temperatures begin to rise across North Texas, some emergency warming shelters have already closed their doors.

For others, like the largest, run by Our Calling at Fair Park, this will be the final weekend.

All will remain on standby in case the weather turns again.

Last weekend of warming shelters

Saturday is darkening to another brutally cold night in North Texas, and for hundreds of people, shelters are their only safety from the cold.

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