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.

At least three people were killed in a small North Dakota town as tornadoes ripped through the state. All three victims lived in Enderlin, a town of 800 residents about 40 miles southwest of Fargo, according to the Cass County sheriff’s office. They have been publicly identified only as two men and a woman.

At least three people were killed in North Dakota after severe weather swept across the region overnight, authorities said. The Cass County Sheriff's Office said it was dispatched to rural Enderlin, North Dakota,