storm pit
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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A Centreville, Alabama, family and their neighbors who had taken refuge in an underground storm pit were temporarily trapped after a fallen tree obstructed the shelter door, the Associated Press reported.
From Fox News
In the western city of Centreville, south of Tuscaloosa, Cindy Smitherman and her family and neighbors huddled in their underground storm pit as a twister passed over their home.
From Seattle Times
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