Iceland Volcano Eruption Video

Iceland Volcano Eruption Video - Iceland closed its main international airport and canceled domestic flights Sunday as a powerful volcanic eruption sent a plume of ash, smoke and steam 12 miles (20 kilometers) into the air.

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In April 2010, officials closed the continent's air space for five days, fearing the ash could harm jet engines. "The ash in Eyjafjallajokull was persistent or unremitting and fine-grained," Einarsson said. Sparsely populated Iceland is one of the world's most volcanically active countries and eruptions are frequent.

Eruptions often cause local flooding from melting glacier ice, but rarely cause deaths. The Grimsvotn volcano also erupted in 1998, 1996 and 1993.

Iceland lies along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, dividing the North American and Eurasian continental plates. in 2010, the ash from the Iceland volcano Eyjafjallajokull caused disturbances in Europe’s air travel for weeks.
Scientists are saying that the current Iceland volcano eruption with Grimsvotn is unlikely to cause similar problems as were experienced last year, but that localised flooding could be triggered from the volcanic activity.

Iceland Volcano Eruption Video : The air travel chaos created by last year’s ash outpouring from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano resulted in the biggest closure of European airspace experienced since WWII.