Two tornadoes that killed six people in North Dakota and New York each had wind speeds topping 100 mph and caused brief but widespread damage as they tore through largely rural areas, officials said.

Three people died late Friday in rural Enderlin, North Dakota, after severe storms spawned tornadoes that devastated the area. According to a Saturday statement on Facebook from the Cass County Sheriff's Office,

Three people are dead and a regional airport was heavily damaged after powerful winds, including a tornado, swept across the upper Midwest, while nearly 150 million Americans were under a heat advisory or warning.