DES MOINES, IOWA (AP) – Severe thunderstorms were expected to bring hail, strong winds and the threat of tornadoes to parts of the Midwest and South that are reeling from a weekend of deadly weather.
Officials warned residents to have shelter ready before going to sleep.
At least two tornadoes were confirmed on Tuesday in Illinois as storms targetted the state and eastern Iowa and southwest Wisconsin before nightfall.
Areas of southern Missouri, Arkansas, southwestern Oklahoma and northeastern Texas were most at risk overnight.
“This could be a night to just set up down in the basement to be safe,” a meteorologist in Davenport, Iowa Tom Philip, said on Tuesday. The National Weather Service issued tornado warnings in Iowa and Illinois on Tuesday evening and said a confirmed twister was spotted southwest of Chicago near Bryant, Illinois.
Officials said another tornado touched down on Tuesday morning in the western Illinois community of Colona.
Local news reports showed wind damage to some businesses there.
The storms were expected to hammer some areas hit by severe weather and possibly dozens of tornadoes just days ago that killed at least 32 people, meaning more misery for those whose homes were destroyed in Arkansas, Iowa and Illinois.
