Severe weather threatens more than half the country

The Midwest is squarely in the bull’s-eye again Wednesday for strong tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds. It’s the latest round of severe weather to settle over America’s heartland as warm Gulf moisture saturates the area. The powerful storms have been dumping heavy rain across the region, especially on portions of Kansas, Missouri, South Dakota, Illinois and Indiana, where flood warnings were in place, the National Weather Service said. Multiple tornadoes touched down across Kansas on Tuesday evening.