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St. Louis, Lambert Airport suffers storm damage; airfield closed
(KMOV) – The airfield at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport is closed after a strong storm damaged several buildings at the airport on Friday night.
There were no reports of any injuries or damage to any of the airport’s terminals and concourses after the storm hit around 8 p.m. The cleanup of the debris throughout the airfield is expected to take hours, according to the airport’s blog post at 10:15 p.m.
Airport officials confirmed, through the blog post, damage to the roof of the auto shop and a building that houses emergency equipment, in addition to a guard station.
The terminals and concourses remain open.
http://www.kmov.com/news/local/Lambert-suffers-storm-damage-airfield-closed-209761891.html