Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas and Sarasota counties are opening their cold weather shelters on Monday and Tuesday.

Cold weather shelters are opening across the greater Tampa Bay region as temperatures are expected to dip below 40 degrees with lower wind chills throughout the week. They're to assist those who are homeless or live in homes without adequate heat who are unable to find other accommodations.

As Macon braces for winter weather this week, homeless shelters and nonprofits are already anticipating demand for beds and resources to weather the cold.

NPR visited a homeless shelter in Washington, D.C., to see how residents and staff are faring during a cold emergency. The shelter is busy year-round, though the frigid weather brings in more people.

Outreach teams are working round the clock to ensure the homeless are safe in this cold snap. Ron Book with Miami-Dade's Homeless Trust says they have placed over one hundred people in emergency shelters during the past two days.