FEMA rolls out text feature to help people find shelter in emergencies

Published February 8, 2022 12:00am ET



The Federal Emergency Management Agency is rolling out a new texting feature to allow people to find shelter in weather-related emergencies.

People can text the word “shelter” and their zip code to 43362 to obtain a list of nearby shelters during a natural disaster as part of a collaboration with the American Red Cross, the agency said in a press release Tuesday.

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