storm shelters
Emergency weather havens
Storm shelters are reinforced structures designed to protect people from severe weather, especially tornadoes.
They range from underground bunkers to fortified rooms within buildings.
In tornado-prone regions, homes and schools often have designated storm shelters: We huddled in the storm shelter until the sirens stopped.
The term also applies to public facilities opened during hurricanes or other dangerous weather events.
- tornadoesRotating destructive wind columns
- cyclonesRotating storm systems
- typhoonsWestern Pacific tropical storms
- hurricanesPowerful tropical rotating windstorms
- reinforced concreteCement with steel bars
underground bunker · safe zone · hailstorms · emergency lighting · evacuation plans · escape hatches · steel plating · basement stairs · survival kits · blizzards · disaster drills · safe rooms · ventilation systems · derechos · flying debris · flash floods · warning sirens · first aid kits
- emergency preparednessemergency kit, evacuation plan, emergency plan, emergency alerts, emergency supplies
- disaster preparednessemergency kit, evacuation plans, evacuation plan, early warning systems, emergency kits
- climate farmingmicroclimates, cold frames, greenhouses, windbreaks, shade cloth
- infrastructurehighways, road construction, railway expansion, power grid, roads
- public safetypolice, 911, ambulance, fire department, firefighters
- driving weathericy roads, wet roads, slippery roads, hydroplaning, black ice
storm sheltersopen fields
Unenclosed expanses of land
open ground · mobile homes · tents · outdoor spaces · open air
storm sheltersdanger zones
Locations where harm threatens
kill zones · impact zones · death traps · flood zones · flood plains