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Moore mayor wants safe-room shelters built in all new homes, while cost of tornado damage could top $2 billion

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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