Los Angeles TimesVolcano eruption blackens sky, closes Iceland airport
The quote below is from the article above that starts "Volcano Eruption" above that is a picture from the Los Angeles Times.
Iceland closed its main international airport as a powerful volcanic eruption from a remote glacier sent a plume of ash, smoke and steam 20 kilometres into the air.
Officials said the Keflavik airport would re-open at the earliest on Monday at noon. The airport has diverted domestic flights and cancelled about 40 international flights.
The Grimsvotn volcano, which lies under the uninhabited Vatnajokull glacier about 200 kilometres east of Reykjavik, began erupting on Saturday. It had been quiet since 2004 but also erupted in 1998, 1996 and 1993.
A 220 km no-fly zone has been established around the volcano.end quote.
It is unknown if this volcano will be as as the one last year that shut down air traffic to and From and within Europe so it is a good idea to keep an eye on this story to see just how it progresses.
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