Salt Lake to provide more shelter beds amid weather, deaths

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City will make additional shelter beds available for people experiencing homelessness after five died in recent days amid sub-freezing temperatures that are expected to plunge further throughout the United States this weekend. An emergency order signed Tuesday by Mayor Erin Mendenhall will make 50 additional beds available in Salt Lake City shelters. That amount that will be supplemented by additional beds in two suburbs, Millcreek and South Salt Lake City. The overflow capacity comes as temperatures drop and state and local officials anticipate a surge in health concerns and demand.