As of Sunday afternoon flights once again began to depart from the Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, taking those who have been stranded for 2 days. Concourse C which suffered the most damage was still closed. Airport officials are hoping to have service restored up to 70% by the end of the day. Airport director Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge has said "It's going to take a while before the C concourse can be functional."
Along with flights beginning to resume the MetroLink rail line also began operations again this morning. St. Louis mayor Francis Slay hopes for the airport to be 100% functional by the middle of this week.
The Lambert-St. Louis International Airport was crippled after a fierce EF 3 tornado touched down on Friday. The airport's busiest terminal became a scene of chaos when devastating winds ripped through it damaging parts of the roof and blowing most of the windows out. The tornado is said to have gotten its initial start in the town of New Melle, from there it traveled nearly 30 miles bringing along a path of destruction that spared no mercy on the airport.
Fortunately for those who happened to be there at the time no lives were claimed, though reports says 5 people suffering from minor injuries were taken to the hospital and later released. An unknown amount of others were treated on the scene for cuts from the glass that flew. Diana Miller who was at the scene described it as such "Glass was blowing everywhere. The ceiling was falling. The glass was hitting us in the face. Hail and rain were coming in. The wind was blowing debris all over the place."
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