Shelters in the storm: Here are safe spaces in Raleigh during Hurricane Ian and overnight

Several shelters will be open this weekend in Wake County for people who need it during Hurricane Ian.

The Wake County Continuum of Care has partnered with the county and City of Raleigh to ensure locations stay open overnight and throughout the day on Friday and Saturday.

Some of the shelters will open at 10 a.m. on Friday and will stay open throughout the weekend.

The White Flag Emergency Shelter is open to everyone and has ample supplies of blankets, toiletries and bedding. The Salvation Army on Capital Boulevard is also open overnight and is typically for families with children.

“The county provides us with cots and some bedding. We have bedding that was provided to the shelter last year that we keep on hand,” said Vance Haywood, pastor of St. John’s Metropolitan Community Church in Raleigh. “We don’t expect to run to capacity.”

The overnight shelters are slated to only be open for Friday night, but if needed, they will be open overnight Saturday night, Haywood said.

“Whether it shifts or if things look different, we’re monitoring it, so we could call tomorrow night,” he said.

He said the shelter is equipped to care for about 150 people. The church also has over 900 blankets they will distribute at the overnight shelter as needed, Haywood said.

Friday shelter locations:

White Flag Emergency Shelter

• Opens at 4 p.m. Friday

• Pullen Memorial Baptist Church, 1801 Hillsborough St., Raleigh

The Salvation Army

• Opens at 5 p.m. Friday
• 1863 Capital Blvd., Raleigh

St. John’s Metropolitan Community Church

• 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• 4 N. Blount St., Raleigh

Saturday shelters open:

Church in the Woods

• 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• 112 S. Salisbury St., Raleigh

Oak City Cares

• 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

• 1430 S. Wilmington St., Raleigh

This story was originally published September 30, 2022 at 11:12 AM.

Kristen Johnson

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Kristen Johnson is a local government reporter covering Durham for The News & Observer. She previously covered Cary and western Wake County. Prior to coming home to the Triangle, she reported for The Fayetteville Observer and spent time covering politics and culture in Washington, D.C. She is an alumna of UNC at Charlotte and American University.