Meadow Heights will host an open house on Nov. 2 for its new FEMA tornado safe room and gym, built to boost student safety.

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 ...

An above-ground residential safe room is pictured amid debris from the EF-5 tornado that struck Joplin, Missouri, on May 22, 2011. Submitted photo Hoosier homeowners who want to build a tornado safe ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) – The first step in severe weather safety is preparedness. That begins with planning ahead of time, so there’s no confusion or hesitation in an emergency. In the situation of a tornado, ...

MOORE, Okla. (AP) - After living nearly 20 years in their one-story brick home, Sherry and Larry Wells finally won the lottery - for a state rebate on a home storm shelter, that is. A contractor ...

With all modes of severe weather possible on Saturday, emergency managers say now is the time to have an emergency plan in ...

Continuing a commitment made nearly 50 years ago to improve the health and well-being of residents of Jackson, the not-for-profit Southeast Missouri Medical Center Inc. is planning to build a $5 ...

When severe weather hits, FEMA-approved safe rooms are not always open in mid-Missouri or not even an option as most counties don’t have them. Nicholas Tietsort, director of emergency management in ...

Tornado safe rooms could be added to area schools if voters approve school bond issues Tuesday. Morris, Wilson and Hominy schools would have safe rooms for students and community. The three schools ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Though Shelby County didn’t have to worry about severe weather on Tuesday, Memphis-Shelby County Schools said that if a Tornado Warning is issued, community safe rooms will be open at ...

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 ...