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A Sri Lankan Airlines spokesman has said that two of its flights to Germany and Paris from Colombo had been delayed due to huge clouds of ash from a volcano in Iceland that had started to erupt today. The huge cloud from the volcano turned the skies of northern Europe into a no-fly zone today.
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UPDATE FROM REUTERS
The eruption under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier continued to spew large amounts of ash and smoke into the air and showed no signs of abating after 40 hours of activity, said Pall Einarsson, a geophysicist at the University of Iceland.
"The seismographs are showing that since this morning the intensity of the eruption seems to be growing," he said.
Hot fumes had melted up to a third of the glacial ice covering the crater, causing a nearby river to burst its banks, and frequent explosions on the floor of the crater sounded like bombs going off, he said.
The floods were abating, however, and some of those living in the sparsely populated area near the volcano had returned to their homes.
Another scientist said the eruption was 10 times more powerful than one which occurred last month on the flank of the volcano, though the two were part of the same event.
To the east of the volcano, thousands of hectares of land are covered by a thick layer of ash while a cloud blotted out the sun in some areas along the southern coast of Iceland, local media reported.
The cloud of ash from the eruption has hit air travel all over northern Europe, with flights grounded or diverted due to the risk of engine damage from sucking in particles of ash from the volcanic cloud.
The eruption under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier continued to spew large amounts of ash and smoke into the air and showed no signs of abating after 40 hours of activity, said Pall Einarsson, a geophysicist at the University of Iceland.
"The seismographs are showing that since this morning the intensity of the eruption seems to be growing," he said.
Hot fumes had melted up to a third of the glacial ice covering the crater, causing a nearby river to burst its banks, and frequent explosions on the floor of the crater sounded like bombs going off, he said.
The floods were abating, however, and some of those living in the sparsely populated area near the volcano had returned to their homes.
Another scientist said the eruption was 10 times more powerful than one which occurred last month on the flank of the volcano, though the two were part of the same event.
To the east of the volcano, thousands of hectares of land are covered by a thick layer of ash while a cloud blotted out the sun in some areas along the southern coast of Iceland, local media reported.
The cloud of ash from the eruption has hit air travel all over northern Europe, with flights grounded or diverted due to the risk of engine damage from sucking in particles of ash from the volcanic cloud.
Air France cancels all flights entering and leaving Paris on Friday morning because of the ash cloud.
Spain cancels more than 400 flights due to ash
A total of 466 flights to and from Spain were cancelled Thursday because of the volcanic ash drifting from Iceland, Spain's AENA aviation authority said.
It said 216 arrivals and 250 departures were cancelled by 5:30 pm (1530 GMT).
The flights involved were to and from Britain, Ireland, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and France.
The Spanish airports of Madrid-Barajas, Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, Lanzarote, Malaga, Valencia, Alicante, Reus, Almeria, Ibiza, Tenerife Sur, Murcia-San Javier, Federico Garcia Lorca Granada-Jaen, Girona-Costa Brava and Santander were affected by the cancellations.
AFP
A total of 466 flights to and from Spain were cancelled Thursday because of the volcanic ash drifting from Iceland, Spain's AENA aviation authority said.
It said 216 arrivals and 250 departures were cancelled by 5:30 pm (1530 GMT).
The flights involved were to and from Britain, Ireland, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and France.
The Spanish airports of Madrid-Barajas, Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, Lanzarote, Malaga, Valencia, Alicante, Reus, Almeria, Ibiza, Tenerife Sur, Murcia-San Javier, Federico Garcia Lorca Granada-Jaen, Girona-Costa Brava and Santander were affected by the cancellations.
AFP
even some flights from sl is delayed...
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world is upto some thing World cano eruptions Earthquakes every Week Mine explosions.
Terrorism , Oh man..
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