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BOSTON (WHDH) - The City of Boston declared a cold emergency from Friday through Sunday.
Mayor Michelle Wu said community centers will be open to use as warming centers.
She asked people to check in on their neighbors during the extreme cold conditions that are expected to move in Friday night.
“We’re looking at dangerous cold, then more than a day of snow with travel impacts and cold lingering behind it,” said Dawn Brantley, Director of the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency.
City officials said they are also monitoring the forecast to determine whether more plows will be needed for Sunday’s snow.
Wu said she is holding off on declaring a snow day for Monday until the impact from the weekend’s storm is more clear.
— Samantha York reports from Chelsea with the state’s snow preparation plans —
MassDOT said it is in the process of repositioning equipment and supplies to assure the public that crews have been preparing for a storm of this size for a long time. The department said it has more than 3,200 pieces of equipment ready to respond, and it expects to deploy most of those at the height of the storm.
“We’re really asking people to be cautious a storm of this size,” said Jonathan Gulliver, Massachusetts State Highway Administrator. “It takes us typically about four hours to clean up after the snow stops.”
Governor Maura Healey is also asking people to stay off the roads if possible so crews can do their work properly.
“I want you to make sure today that you’re thinking about what you might need for the weekend through Monday,” said Healey. “We don’t want to see power outages, but it’s important that people prepare for power outages, get what you need right now.”
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