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Iceland Volcano Ash Disrupts UK Air Travel

   VOA News 15 April 2010
   Smoke  and  steam  hangs  over  the volcano under the Eyjafjallajokull
   glacier in Iceland

Photo: AP

   Smoke  and  steam  hangs  over  the volcano under the Eyjafjallajokull
   glacier in Iceland, 15 Apr 2010

   Volcanic  ash  that  spewed  from  a  volcano in Iceland Wednesday has
   drifted  over  to  Britain  where  it  has forced authorities to close
   several airports and cancel flights.
   More  than  150 flights at London's Heathrow Airport and hundreds more
   across England have been canceled early Thursday.  There were also no
   flights going in or out of Scotland or Northern Ireland.
   Air  traffic  officials  say the volcanic ash is a "significant safety
   threat to aircraft."
   Authorities  on  Iceland  evacuated hundreds Wednesday after a volcano
   melted  part  of  a glacier, flooding part of the southeastern area of
   the island.
   Experts  say  Wednesday's eruption was stronger than one that occurred
   last month under the same glacier.
   Police  say  no lives or property are in immediate danger and that the
   worst of the flooding appears to have subsided.
   Iceland sits on a North Atlantic volcanic hot spot.
   The  volcano  that  has erupted twice since March 20th had been silent
   for nearly 200 years.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP and Reuters.

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