Code Purple is a coordinated effort among Asheville and Buncombe County shelters and other organizations to provide emergency overflow shelter to people experiencing homelessness during extremely ...

A Code Purple will be in effect for the Buncombe County/Asheville area on Wednesday, Jan. 15, due to cold weather. News 13 meteorologists forecast high temperatures in the low-to-mid 30s ...

During Code Purple, participating shelters will provide more beds with fewer requirements than their typical programming. Code Purple sites will also work with participants to refer them to ...

ASHEVILLE - With cool temperatures incoming, Asheville shelters have called Code Purple for Nov. 20, the first of the season, activating emergency shelter beds for people experiencing homelessness.

201-300: Code purple is considered "very unhealthy" Health alerts are generally issued during this color, and the health risk has increased for everyone. 300+: The last is code maroon and is ...

Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. are under an air quality level that people are calling “code purple” after its color on the AQI scale. Here’s what that all means. The AQI, or air quality ...

but deteriorated to a rare Code Purple as a dense region of smoke drifted southward from New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The air quality had improved somewhat by early evening, but 7News ...

The city of Asheville, North Carolina, has issued a Code Purple for Monday and Tuesday. When extreme cold weather is expected ...

aCode Purple Air Quality Alert is in effect Thursday in D.C, which means air pollution concentrations within the region have become very unhealthy for all. A Code Red Air Quality Alert is in ...

and many locations on Thursday even hit the Code Purple and Maroon categories, the two highest levels on the Air Quality Index (AQI) scale. The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments ...

When extreme cold is forecast for Delaware, officials may activate a “Code Purple” to open up additional beds and warm shelter space beyond what’s offered year-round across the state. In other parts ...