Unlike many of its suburbs, Wichita has no public storm shelters for residents to use when severe weather threatens.

Wichita County might help with the tab Wichita County has been approved for a Safe Room storm shelter grant to provide rebates to qualifying residents.© Courtesy/Texas Division of Emergency ...

The city of Andover, in an email and Facebook post, urged residents to have storm shelter plans worked out in preparation for severe weather forecast for Monday afternoon and evening.

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. (KSNW) – With severe weather season approaching, it is time to know where to take shelter. When you receive a warning, do you know where to go? One meteorologist, Craig Ceecee, Ph ...

Members of Wichita’s Homeless Outreach Team (HOT) are preparing for the winter weather with an effort to help as many people in need as they can find shelter.

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) — The Wichita Police Department says it tried to make unhoused people in Wichita know about free shelters available to them before and during the winter storm this weekend.

A powerful tornado tore through the Wichita, Kansas, area Friday night, leveling dozens of structures in the city of Andover, according to officials.

A tornado warning means tornadoes are expected and you should seek shelter. To see current radar of Wichita and the surrounding area, head to this National Weather Service webpage: https://radar ...

A concrete storm shelter, seen Friday, May 7, 1999, was part of the construction project at a new mobile home park built near 50th Street and Hydraulic in Wichita, Kan.

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 ...