LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - All buildings, from police and fire stations to homes and businesses, must be built to a certain standard. However, those standards have not typically included tornado ...

Engineers know how to protect people from tornadoes like the ones that recently devastated parts of Kentucky, but builders have headed off efforts to toughen standards. By Christopher Flavelle ...

According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), “Building codes protect you from a wide range of hazards—whether it is by implementing safe wiring, fire prevention, or stronger structural ...