{"id":393615,"date":"2011-04-24T04:06:43","date_gmt":"2011-04-24T04:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/24\/us-airport-reopens-after-tornado\/"},"modified":"2011-04-24T04:06:43","modified_gmt":"2011-04-24T04:06:43","slug":"us-airport-reopens-after-tornado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/24\/us-airport-reopens-after-tornado\/","title":{"rendered":"US airport reopens after tornado"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"80.8157894737\"><span><span>24 April 2011<\/span> <span>Last updated at<\/span> <span>00:06 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 is reopening after a tornado ripped through its main terminal.<\/p>\n<p>The storm in the state of Missouri tore off a large section of the terminal&#8217;s roof, shattering windows and sending debris flying.<\/p>\n<p>Several people were treated for minor injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The airport later reopened for a handful of arriving flights and officials expect most scheduled flights to go ahead as planned by early Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>However, the damaged concourse is expected to remain closed for up to two months.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are not going to have the prettiest airport tomorrow, but we will have an operating airport,&#8221; airport director Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge said.<\/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 issued a statement saying all flights were cancelled pending full safety assessments, and a clean-up was under way.<\/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=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The rest is here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/int\/news\/-\/news\/13176409\" title=\"US airport reopens after tornado\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">US airport reopens after tornado<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 24 April 2011 Last updated at 00:06 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. 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