Volcanic ash from Icelandic volcano causes massive disruption to most European airports
Hundreds of flights have been cancelled in most European countries' airports due to the volcanic ash cloud which spread over Europe. This is a very unusual situation because people want to go back to their countries or must travel in business and they can't because of this volcanic eruption in Iceland. Some air companies have already done some flying tests to check if the planes get damaged during the flights
The Eyjafjallajokul volcano in south Iceland started its activity on the 21st March (there is a video on this blog) and it is one of the about 130 volcanic mountains! of which 18 have erupted since the settlement of Iceland, circa 900 CE. Over the past 500 years, Iceland's volcanoes have erupted a third of the total global lava output!
This is an extraordinary and scarry news. A natural phenomenon with serious consequences.
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