emergency shelters

Language: en

📖 Definitions

  1. Temporary facilities or structures established to provide immediate safety, shelter, and basic necessities for people displaced by disasters, conflicts, or other emergencies.; A specific location designated by authorities to house individuals during a crisis until they can return home or find long-term housing.

💬 Examples

  1. Emergency shelters are being set up for displaced families who lost their homes in the disaster.

  2. The city opened several emergency shelters in local schools to accommodate those evacuated from the flood zone.