Three people are dead in North Dakota, and tens of thousands are without power in northern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin after powerful winds swept across the upper Midwest Friday and overnight Saturday.

Bemidji was rocked by the derecho that ripped across North Dakota and Minnesota. The ferocious storms that pounded North Dakota and Minnesota Friday night into Saturday morning left three people dead along its path of destruction.

Three people are dead and a regional airport has been heavily damaged after powerful winds including a tornado swept across the upper U.S. Midwest. Cass County Sheriff Jesse Jahner said at a