tornado shelter News

Increase in Storm Shelters in Northern Mississippi

Before April 28, two suppliers of storm shelters reported an average of four to 10 orders a month in 2014. Each says since then, they’ve sold more than 100 and that it could be several months before they catch up …

Fears Linger for Oklahoma Students Affected by Deadly Tornado

Ten-year-old Kai Heuangpraseuth will return to a new Plaza Towers Elementary in the fall, built on the same spot where seven of the boy’s schoolmates died last year after a top-scale tornado reduced it to a pile of rubble. Christopher …

Private Arkansas Storm Shelter Didn’t Meet Safety Standards

Arkansas’ Emergency Management Department says a private storm shelter where a death occurred after a tornado tore through central Arkansas last week didn’t meet safety requirements. Emergency management officials said Monday that the storm shelter had a door failure during …

Weather Officials Say Overpass Unsafe During Tornado

Weather officials in Tornado Alley have raised concerns about a scene in the new Superman movie that they say incorrectly portrays a highway overpass as a safe place to hide during a tornado. In “Man of Steel,” Clark Kent’s dad …

Indiana Man Goes Underground for Storm Safety

Jacques Bell has seen some bad weather in his time; after all, he’s lived in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Indiana, all states that have seen violent storms in recent years. He’s even done a little storm chasing and spotting, and …