flights are resuming at the st. louis airport after being hit by a tornado friday night and completely shut down. a report live from that airport and a good sunday morning to you, talia. what s the extent of sunday morning operations there? are flights really up and running? reporter: that s right, alex. things here at lambert international seem to be running pretty smoothly. quite a difference from yesterday when it was a ghosttown because a devastating tornado tore through this airport. joining me right now is the airport director. rhon rhonda, what is the very latest here? well, we are up and running. we have all of terminal two open and the main terminal is open with the a concourse being really functional. we ve had to relocate the four carriers to the b and d. expect 65% of the operations today, most after noon, expect 100% operations so this morning, a few cancellations here and there but an amazing state to be
airport was, but where is everybody as far as passengers right now? hotels, where are they? yes. you got it right. last night when we were briefed, we were told approximately 500 they believe people here at the airport at the time when this tornado actually breezed through, and right now, everyone s gone. it s like a ghosttown here. most people were taking shuttles to airports. people who had local ties were staying over with relatives or going home, canceling their trips. it s been a lot of that. a lot of things are up in the air. a number of airlines did put up passengers in airports i mean hotels i should say, until further notice, trying to get them out and some people are even telling me they re planning to take detours to other airports like kansas city or in the nearby area so they can actually get out and still take their trips. courtney, we appreciate the update. like you described, a ghost town at the airport, what is normally a busy airport. we appreciate you this morn
streets? how are people handling themselves? is there a sense of panic? are people afraid to be inside? or even go outside? there are much more people out tonight than there was yesterday. yesterday was such a ghosttown. i work in shabria. i got called into work yesterday. there were still people out, though i couldn t really understand why they were shopping or why there were people out. but are they calm? or is there a sense of panic about when the stores might open or they might get more food? just after the earthquake, compared to then, there s not much panic going on. at the moment, it seems like it s slowly going back to place at the moment. and have you seen any sign of rescue or relief efforts? anybody there handing out water or bringing any type of food in? from what i ve seen i haven t really seen much going
suburban areas have still been shut down as a result of the aftershocks and most the people have not been able to return to tokoyo after they have been able to leave and i can tell you from my experience today that tokoyo was relatively a ghosttown compared to what a typical saturday afternoon and evening would be. kelly: it s going to take a while for them to get over this. what are you happening in the coming days and weeks ahead. the first thing that i would say that would be a concern, especially for the people up north, is about food prices are expected to skyrocket. japan is the most heavily dependent country in the world on foreign imports, only 30%, i ve been off several percent her, but 30% of japan consumables in
rez where at least 48 people were killed. blasts shuttered streets when they unleashed a rain of terror and sent residents fleeing. thelma gutierrez is visiting the once thriving community that has now become a ghosttown. reporter: we traveled an hour east of el paso to a desperate place on the border called the neutral zone. so we re in this area where we re right between united states and mexico. mexico as a few pete away but you d never know it because we re in the middle of the dust storm. we can t see a thing but the top cop in ft. hancock, texas, said they can see us. you re saying we re probably being watched right now. yeah pap. reporter: by whom? people on the other side, cartel members. individuals who have interests in this area. reporter: this area is called juarez valley, it s a strategic location guarded on the mexican