{"id":391800,"date":"2011-04-23T15:08:48","date_gmt":"2011-04-23T15:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/23\/tornado-closes-st-louis-airport\/"},"modified":"2011-04-23T15:08:48","modified_gmt":"2011-04-23T15:08:48","slug":"tornado-closes-st-louis-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/23\/tornado-closes-st-louis-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Tornado closes St Louis airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"74.5571711831\"><span><span>23 April 2011<\/span> <span>Last updated at<\/span> <span>11:08 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div readability=\"32\">\n<div>\n<div readability=\"7\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"holding\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/028d52314304_jex_1026025_de27-1.jpg\" alt=\"Van picked up by tornado\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please turn on JavaScript.<\/strong> Media requires JavaScript to play.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Tornado causes damage at Missouri airport<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The US airport of Lambert-St Louis has been closed indefinitely after a tornado ripped through its main terminal.<\/p>\n<p>The storm tore off a large section of the terminal&#8217;s roof, shattering windows and sending debris flying.<\/p>\n<p>Several people were being treated for minor injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The storm, one of a series to pass through central and eastern Missouri, also flattened homes in the area, felled trees and tore down power lines.<\/p>\n<p>Lambert-St Louis airport said all flights were cancelled pending full safety assessments, and a clean-up was under way.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have all hands on deck here,&#8221; said Mayor Francis Slay, speaking at the airport.<\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;Grown men crying&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>St Louis County Police Chief Tim Fitch, who was at the airport as the storm approached, said people watching the tornado suddenly had to scramble for safety.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;About the time we came into the building, the doors blew off,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Literally 10 seconds later, it was over. It&#8217;s amazing to me more people weren&#8217;t hurt.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dianna Merrill, who was waiting for a flight to New York, said she had been looking out of the window hoping her delayed flight would arrive.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Glass was blowing everywhere. The ceiling was falling&#8230; the wind was blowing debris all over the place,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was like being in a horror movie. Grown men were crying. It was horrible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/028d52314304_jex_1026025_de27-1-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Go here to read the rest:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/int\/news\/-\/news\/13176409\" title=\"Tornado closes St Louis airport\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tornado closes St Louis airport<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 23 April 2011 Last updated at 11:08 ET Please turn on JavaScript. 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