"Because of an outage that started on Saturday evening, hundreds of Brooklyn residents will have no power or heat through Monday morning. Temperatures have reached in single digits as New York braced for another dangerously cold weekend. Mayor Zohran Mamdani confirmed on Wednesday that at least 17 people have died, with 13 of those deaths related to hypothermia and three related to substance overdose, according to preliminary assessments."
"The city has opened 65 warming facilities for the weekend, including dozens of warming buses. Mamdani also told reporters on Friday that the city reopened 10 schools as warming centers. The city is following "Enhanced Code Blue" protocols during the stretch of dangerously low temperatures. It involves more homeless outreach and an open-door policy at shelters for those needing it."
An outage that began Saturday evening left hundreds of Brooklyn residents without power or heat through Monday morning after Con Ed pushed restoration from 3 p.m. Sunday to 7 a.m. Monday. Technical issues followed a mixture of snow and salt seeping underground and knocking out power across at least 20 outages in Brooklyn and Queens, affecting roughly 1,500 customers. Temperatures fell to single digits with dangerous wind chills while the city reported at least 17 deaths, including 13 hypothermia-related. The city opened 65 warming facilities, deployed warming buses, reopened 10 schools as centers, and implemented Enhanced Code Blue protocols.
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