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 finished installing

MOORE, Okla. (AP) — One loved unicorns. Another, nicknamed “ladybug,” sang country songs. Another dreamed of one day owning a pontoon boat.
When a top-of-the-scale EF5 tornado ripped through Moore, Okla., it took with it 24 lives. Seven

MIAMI (AP) — During a hurricane, the storm surge poses the greatest threat to life and land, yet many people don’t even know what it means.
Simply put, storm surge is the abnormal rise of sea water. Predicting

WASHINGTON (AP) — Schoolchildren from New Jersey shore communities battered by Superstorm Sandy will join Michelle Obama for a garden harvest next week.
The White House says the first lady will also be joined Tuesday by students who

Weather forecasters are predicting another busy Atlantic hurricane season. The storms will get their names from an alphabetical list of 21 names:
WHAT NAMES ARE ON THE LIST?
Andrea, Barry, Chantal, Dorian, Erin, Fernand, Gabrielle, Humberto, Ingrid, Jerry,

MOORE, Okla. (AP) — A massive tornado was carving its way through town. There was no time to hesitate. LaTisha Garcia had to get to her children.
And so she raced against the storm. She had 30 miles

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A band of thunderstorms is battering the Oklahoma City area and slowing cleanup operations in the southern suburb where a tornado killed 24 people and destroyed thousands of homes earlier this week.
The National

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The threat of a possible dam failure on a river near a northeastern North Dakota city eased on Thursday, and officials said most of the 1,300 evacuated residents would be allowed to return to

Weather Underground midday recap for Thursday, May 23, 2013.
Severe storms developed over the Southern Plains from northern Texas through northern Oklahoma on Thursday. A trough of low pressure lingered over the region, which pulled moisture and energy