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.

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

Three people are dead in North Dakota, and tens of thousands are without power in northern Minnesota after powerful winds swept across the upper Midwest Friday and overnight Saturday.100+ mph wind gusts in Bemidji area,