Civil defense sirens woke up a good part of the Twin Cities early this morning as another potentially violent mid-summer thunderstorm rumbled across the state. Wailing sirens are a common sound during the summer months in Minnesota; so common, in fact, that the National Weather Service is reviewing when to issue the warnings that trigger the sirens: Minnesota Public Radio's Martin Kaste reports.
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