WASHINGTON (WUSA9) — A heat emergency is in effect for Washington, DC, and officials are urging residents to take precautions.
District residents can get shelter from the heat at any public library or recreation center during normal business hours, or at the Adams Place Emergency Shelter.
Additionally, residents may access an interactive map of the city's cooling centers here.
You can get more information by calling 311 or by visiting the city's Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency website.
Call the city's hyperthermia hotline at (202) 399-7093 for anyone who needs to be transported to a cooling center.
