With temperatures now climbing\u00a0above\u00a0100 degrees Fahrenheit, Orange County is reminding residents of\u00a0the region\u2019s\u00a049 cooling shelters, four of which\u00a0are located in Apopka:\u00a0<\/p>\n
Magnolia Park<\/a>\u00a0| 2929 S. Binion Road (8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday-Sunday)\u00a0<\/p>\n North Orange Branch<\/a>\u00a0| 1211 E. Semoran Blvd. (10\u00a0a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday-Thursday,\u00a010 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday-Saturday,\u00a01 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday)\u00a0<\/p>\n SALT Outreach Apopka<\/a>\u00a0| 199 S. Park Ave. (9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Thursday\u00a0And\u00a0noon to 4 p.m. Sunday)\u00a0<\/p>\n According to a Monday news release,\u00a0the\u00a0Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority (LYNX) will provide free\u00a0bus\u00a0transportation between cooling locations when the heat index is 103 degrees or higher.\u00a0A full list of locations is available at\u00a0www.orangecountyfl.net\/EmergencySafety\/ExtremeHeatInformation.aspx<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Heat advisories are issued\u00a0within 12 hours or up to\u00a036 hours\u00a0in advance when the heat index is predicted to reach 108 to 112 degrees. Higher heat index values will\u00a0lead to extreme heat warnings.\u00a0<\/p>\n Become A Member<\/p>\n The Apopka Chief does not have a paywall, but pavement-pounding journalism is not free. Join your neighbors who make this vital work possible.<\/p>\n See Member Benefits<\/a>Join Our Newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With temperatures now climbing\u00a0above\u00a0100 degrees Fahrenheit, Orange County is reminding residents of\u00a0the region\u2019s\u00a049 cooling shelters, four of which\u00a0are…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":341261,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139,141,140],"class_list":["post-341260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}