A vicious storm that included a possible tornado ripped through the St. Louis area on Friday night, closing down the city's airport where flying glass and blowing debris reportedly caused several injuries.

"We've had several reports of damage," said National Weather Service meteorologist Ben Miller. "We know the airport is closed. We're assuming that (a tornado) is what it was."

Video of the Lambert Airport in St. Louis shown on the Weather Channel showed an airport shuttle bus teetering over the ledge of a parking garage where it apparently was blown.

Flights from Lambert were being diverted to other airports.