Clare Marie Schneider
Severe storms struck Bismarck, N.D., and other areas of the state early on Saturday, leaving at least three dead.
At least three North Dakota residents were killed Friday night by a tornado that swept through the state overnight.
Storm chasers found two people killed as a result of the storm in rural Enderlin on Friday night, some 60 miles southwest of Fargo, N.D. That same night, The Enderlin Sheldon Fire Department found a third person dead from the storm, according to a Facebook post from the Cass County Sheriff's Office.
"As you look around, there's a lot of damage. A lot of residences were affected by the storm," Cass County sheriff Jesse Jahner, said at a press conference Saturday morning. He confirmed two men and one woman died on Friday night and that authorities checked on residents and the impacted area Saturday morning. Jahner said, "we did not come across any other major injuries."
