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.

The deaths came after a series of large and long-lasting storms moved through North Dakota and Minnesota Friday night.