(AP) Minneapolis Mao Thao had no idea when it meant the first time she heard a tornado siren go off.

The recently arrived Hmong refugee spoke no English, and she grew terrified when the loud wailing erupted.

Thao thought she was about to be arrested. She dropped her bicycle and ran all the way home. "I thought the cops were coming after me," she said.

As tornado season returns, emergency officials statewide are increasingly concerned that some of the state's newest residents may not know that the loud wail means seek shelter immediately.
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