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City Council directs Dickens office to craft extreme heat safety plan
A unanimous Monday resolution presses for more cooling centers, broader outreach, and clearer trigger rules after critics blasted the city's Fourth of July heat response.
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City opens additional cooling centers as heat returns Tuesday
The City of Atlanta will reopen four additional cooling centers Monday in anticipation of heat index values returning to the upper 90s by midweek.
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Heat advisory in effect across metro Atlanta through Tuesday as heat index tops 100
The National Weather Service has extended a heat advisory across north and central Georgia through 8 p.m. Tuesday, with feels-like temperatures forecast to hit 100 to 105 degrees each afternoon through the July 4th weekend.