Wichita officials urge residents to have a safety plan in place before tornadoes threaten the area. Robin Lorenson Courtesy photo Unlike many of its suburbs, Wichita has no public storm shelters ...

Forty-four Wichita school buildings have Federal Emergency Management Agency-approved storm shelters. The rooms, which may be libraries, gymnasiums, multipurpose rooms or fine-arts suites, are ...

Wichita County has been awarded a state grant for the Safe Room Rebate Program. That means county residents may apply for a rebate when they build a storm shelter that meets the program’s ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - With another round of potentially dangerous weather headed targeting south-central Kansas on Monday, a number of agencies say tornado shelters are available for those who ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – With severe weather season approaching, ... One meteorologist, Craig Ceecee, Ph.D, has been building a user-friendly map of storm shelters in the United States.

Prom preps, tornado threat: Wichita area high schools work through severe weather safety plans. ... visited the Ruffin Building to see if that would be an option for a storm shelter,” Pontius said.

A tornado watch is in effect until 9 p.m. It includes Wichita, Wellington, El Dorado, Marion, Newton, Arkansas City, Winfield, Sedan, Emporia and Eureka.

WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) - With severe weather making its way across the state, it's that time of year when having a storm shelter is top of mind for many people.

The tornado in Andover, a city of nearly 15,000 outside Wichita, uprooted trees, heaved cars into buildings and ripped through houses and power lines. No fatalities stemming directly from the ...

A powerful tornado tore through the Wichita, Kansas, area Friday night, leveling dozens of structures in the city of Andover, according to officials. The twister touched down in Sedgewick County ...