MISSISSIPPI — Mississippi has launched a statewide grant lottery to help homeowners build storm shelters and safe rooms, but rural residents say the program may be out of reach for those who need it ...

With numerous tornadoes hitting Alabama this year, a local storm shelter company is seeing more business and local governments are looking to build shelters. —erica.smith@decaturdaily.com or ...

A University of Alabama professor was inspired to study tornado damage after surviving the 2011 EF4 tornado. Researchers are using a debris cannon to test how different building materials withstand ...