Cooling centers are available from the Health Department as temperatures rise. Residents can use public areas including lobbies, drinking fountains and restrooms at these centers.

Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services emphasized the danger of heatstroke and extreme heat exposure in a news release Monday.

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