At least one local school district is looking into building a safe room that could withstand a tornado in the wake of the deadly twister that killed seven students at a school campus in Moore ...

Safe room mandates remain rare in tornado states. May 24, 2013, 11:29 AM. Share . ... the shelter saved their lives when a tornado that killed 24 people tore through their neighborhood.

Jim Donley, deputy federal coordinating officer for mitigation at FEMA, said schools in Wichita, Kan., have built safe rooms and the city of Bolivar is building a shelter at its community baseball ...

Amber-Pocasset Public Schools placed a $23 million bond proposition on the Feb. 11 election ballot for various district improvements. The bond, which totals $23,080,000, is split between four ...

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 ...

Last month, we reported on the city of Tulsa, Okla., considering a proposed change to the city's building code that would require storm shelters in new school construction. Building storm shelters in ...

Safe rooms are designed to stay anchored to the ground during a tornado. But maybe more importantly, a safe room is designed to protect its occupants from deadly debris being hurdled through the ...

Irving Elementary School in Joplin, Mo., was destroyed by a tornado on May 22, 2011. Photo courtesy of Jace Anderson/FEMA Ever since an EF5 tornado touched down in Joplin, Mo., on May 22, 2011 ...

In this twisted season of calamitous weather events, the first killer storm of the spring struck Oklahoma back on April 14 when tiny Tushka, population 350, felt the wrath of ...

Despite the life-saving potential of personal storm shelters, the cost remains a deterrent. So, too, does a general resistance to government mandates in politically conservative states such as ...