Deep freeze: Toronto remains under extreme cold alert

Extreme cold weather is driving capacity attendance at homeless shelters, causing pipes to freeze and burst and generating alerts from Environment Canada and the city of Toronto.

An extreme cold weather alert remains in effect for Toronto and much of southern and eastern Ontario after temperatures dropped to - 22 C overnight on Thursday and stayed cold on Friday morning.

As people made their way to work and school on Friday, they had to contend with outside temperatures of -23 C and - 34 C with the wind chill.

Environment Canada issued a windchill warning for the morning

-24. Man sleeping on University Ave.

During extreme weather alerts — times when the overnight temperatures plummet below - 15 C — more spaces are added at shelters and more ground crews are sent out overnight to reach those on the street who are at a greater risk of injury or death due to the cold.

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