PUEBLO, Colo. — Pueblo Mayor Heather Graham issued a temporary housing and shelter emergency for the City of Pueblo on Thursday.
Local churches, synagogues, mosques, temples, and other religious institutions can utilize their buildings as temporary for those in need.
Due to a temperature near 102 degrees and the coupled humidity, the National Weather Service predicts the heat index to be near 99 degrees with the humidity increasing the feeling.
The advisory has been issued from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m.
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