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 BriefOvernight storms in the region left three people dead in North Dakota.Damage is also being reported in the Bemidji area.There were several tornado warnings in place for northern Minnesota, but no tornado reports.