The state of emergency in Portugal Cove-St. Philip’s is temporarily being lifted to allow residents to get emergency supplies. The state of emergency will go back into effect at 9 p.m. tonight.

The Rec Centre is opening up as a warming centre at 1 p.m.

We are temporarily lifting the state of emergency to allow residents to get emergency supplies (to be reinstated at 9pm). We are opening a warming centre at the Rec Centre at 1pm. Stay home unless necessary and respect other towns states of emergencies. https://t.co/6g9gVXqVgU

— Town of PCSP (@PCSPnl) January 19, 2020

The town asks residents to stay home unless necessary and to respect other towns states of emergency. They say roads in the area are not widened to comfortably accommodate high traffic.

If you require assistance in the area, they say to contact them on social media or call 709-895-8000.