The answer, I suggested, could be found in fixing the building codes that intend to create health and safety but also add costs and time that make fast, improvised shelter impossible.

In areas where there are shelters and people don’t use them, people living in improvised housing are sending a clear message: the shelter system doesn’t work, I’d rather take my chances with ...

Getting lost in the woods can happen to anyone. If you ever find yourself stranded and without much daylight left, here's how to build an emergency shelter.

Fallout shelters can cost millions of dollars. But this DIY underground bunker costs about $1,000. You wouldn't want to live in this makeshift underground bunker forever. In a pinch, this DIY ...

They built it two years ago, and on Saturday, it was the shelter all 15 members of their family needed. “I said, ‘Grab your shoes, let’s go,” Rebecca said. “I grabbed the kids, and ...

They built it two years ago, and on Saturday, it was the shelter all 15 members of their family needed. “I said, ‘Grab your shoes, let’s go,” Rebecca said. “I grabbed the kids, and ...

The Mims family heard the storm because they were steps away from their mobile home when it hit — hunkering down in a homemade storm shelter deep in the ground just feet away from their home.