— -- When Maplesville, Ala., opened a community storm shelter in 2007, some residents complained that it was a waste of money, says town clerk Sheila Haigler. That changed in April 2011 when a ...

OF KEEPING YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONES SAFE. DURING SEVERE WEATHER. YOU’LL SOMETIMES HEAR US TELL YOU TO GET IN YOUR SAFE ROOM. BUT DO YOU KNOW THE SAFEST PLACE IN YOUR HOME OR APARTMENT? METEOROLOGIST ...

SULLIVAN COUNTY, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — Residents in Sullivan County who installed a safe room after tornadoes in March of 2023, can now apply to receive a reimbursement for the installation cost. The ...

U.S. Sen. Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, and Rep. Tom Cole, R-Moore, recently introduced legislation that would help families use ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — With more than 1,000 tornadoes already recorded this year, government officials announced an effort Tuesday to get people to build “safe rooms,” modern versions of the old-fashioned ...

ST. LOUIS -- Never mind toasters, blenders and slow cookers. Joplin, Missouri, tornado survivors Kayla and Ricky Smith had a more practical request for a wedding gift -- shelter from the next big ...

In the aftermath of a devastating tornado two years ago, the Joplin City Council in southwest Missouri considered several code and policy changes for homes but ultimately decided against a safe room ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Seeking refuge from violent storms, schools are building tornado safe rooms for students and their community. A 2009 wind storm - ...

Both cost and the unlikelihood of a strong tornado striking the McLennan County region are the main deterrents to building safe rooms in local schools. Chris Huckabee, president of Huckabee Inc., said ...

The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch with potential for hail and tornadoes for Texas and ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Sensing a “void of issues” facing the 2014 Iowa Legislature, an eastern Iowa lawmaker will propose a one-time $20 million appropriation to help schools and mobile home parks build ...

The warning was for Westmoreland County. “The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado. Therefore, the warning will be ...