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 ...

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 ...

*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 ...

School Superintendent Andy Adams always felt uneasy when storms headed toward his tiny southwest Missouri community. If one hit during school, would the 1934 building be able to keep his kids safe, or ...