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The mayor of the Oklahoma City suburb that was devastated by a massive tornado Monday says he wants safe-room shelters built in all new homes.Moore Mayor Glen Lewis, on Wednesday, said he will propose an ordinance in the next couple of days at the Moore City Council that would modify building codes to require the construction of reinforced shelters in every new home in the town of 56,000.Lewis says he is confident he'll get the four votes needed on the six-member council. The measure could be in force within months.Underground safe rooms are typically built below garages and can cost around $4,000.Plaza Towers Elementary School and Briarwood Elementary School, both of which were hit in the tornado, did not have reinforced storm shelters or safe rooms, said Albert Ashwood, the director of the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management. Seven children were found dead at Plaza Towers.More than 100 schools across the state do have safe rooms, he said, explaining that it's up to each juri...
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The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency says U.S. officials are "going neighborhood to neighborhood" to make sure Oklahoma gets the help it needs.FEMA's ...
President Barack Obama will be meeting with his disaster response team, including Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, on Tuesday before delivering a statem...
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is assuring Oklahoma's governor that the Obama administration will provide all possible help to the state after a massiv...
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