Watch: Doorbell camera captures glimpse of giant wall cloud
Doorbell camera captures wall cloud in Enderlin, North Dakota
A powerful storm that struck on the evening of Friday, June 20, spawned a massive tornado in Enderlin, North Dakota, killing three people. (Credit: Hannah Diegel via Storyful)
ENDERLIN, N.D. - Camera footage captured a wall cloud last week in North Dakota.
Resident Hannah Diegel released doorbell footage showing the wall cloud towering above houses.
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According to FOX Weather, a powerful derecho brought tornadoes and 100-plus-mph wind gusts across North Dakota and western Minnesota from Friday night into Saturday morning, leaving several dead and a trail of damage and power outages.
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Three people were killed when a tornado swept through the rural town of Enderlin, North Dakota, according to the Cass County Sheriff's Office, the outlet reported. Deputies received word that a home suffered significant damage from a tornado strike around 11:40 p.m. Friday. As emergency responders arrived at the scene, storm chasers notified them that they had found two people dead inside the home. Enderlin firefighters found the tornado had left a third person dead at another location.
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The National Weather Service’s preliminary survey rated the tornado as an EF-3+, the first in the area in 15 years, according to Storyful.
CORRECTION: This article reflects new language describing the weather in the video as a "wall cloud." Previous versions mistakenly labeled it as a "tornado."
The Source: The information in this story comes from multiple sources, including FOX Weather and Storyful, which reported on the broader derecho event and its impacts across North Dakota and western Minnesota. This story was reported from Los Angeles.