Another round of powerful storms hitting Midwest, South

People still sorting through the wreckage of their homes after deadly weather hit over the weekend braced for another wave of strong storms, including tornadoes, that began rolling into parts of the Midwest and South beginning Tuesday evening. Officials warned residents to have shelter ready before going to sleep.

“This could be a night to just set up down in the basement to be safe,” said Tom Philip, a meteorologist in Davenport, Iowa.

Early Wednesday, the National Weather Service posted a tornado watch for parts of Arkansas, Illinois and Missouri until 9 a.m. local time.  

The weather service began issuing tornado warnings Tuesday evening for Iowa and Illinois and said a confirmed twister was spotted southwest of Chicago near Bryant,…