Fargo, N.D. – Daniel J. Klenow, head of the Department of Emergency Management at NDSU, and D.K. Yoon, assistant professor in the department, presented "Profiling County Tornado Vulnerability in Minnesota and the Great Plains" at the Northern Plains Convective Storm Symposium on May 4 at the University of North Dakota.

The presentation reviewed tornado incidence trends and vulnerability patterns in Minnesota and counties in Great Plains states and drew implications for mitigation planning. 

NDSU is recognized as one of the nation's top 108 public and private universities by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education.