Page 24 - Ash Cloud News Today

People. lets go over to meteorologist karen mcginnis in the weather center. >> typically, when we think alaska, we think of cold temperatures. it is the ash that stymied the air traffic there. let me show you an image, and explain it. first, a look at alaska and the sea. lets put that up if we could. the ash cloud is what has prevented the airlines from flying across this area. in particular from anchorage north because of the ash off the peninsula. there, you can see the brighter blue shaded ar...

Unlike other things in europe, it is controlled by the european union group. you still have airspace that you are completely in control of so the caa would have done it. nats is the management company that manages the airspace. nats, thats the company whose system, however it happened, has failed. and that controls such a critical part not just of the uk but of the worlds airspace. this is something theyre going to have to be investigating. we have had this failure before, i have to say, a few t...

Take a look at this, a volcano in el salvador shooting ash into the sky. this started to erupt on sunday. thousands of people who live near it, theyve had to evacuate their homes as you can imagine. airlines have had to change their routes to avoid what is a huge ash cloud. this is the first time the volcano has erupted in 37 years. authorities say it might not yet be finished. and mexican authorities trying to figure out why a coastal highway south of tijuana collapsed. a cement truck driver ...

Happening in iran. a website in iran is registering volunteers to join in syrias civil war. it cites the supreme leader, ayatollah khomeni. one of assauds strongest allies. or iran and syria.w there is a a volcano in mexico spewing a massive ash cloud two miles into the air. airlines canceled dozens of flights to avoided it. for the first time you see this ash falling in mexico city, more than 50 miles away. well continue to watch that a who are spying scene of a bush crashing into a house. ...

Plane crash in just a moment. but first, here are some other stories were working on for you on cnn. including a mexican volcano active for more than a year finally blowing its top. heres what it looked like. the volcano has an indian name meaning appropriately enough smoking mountain. the molten and incandescent rock spewed a mile high. flights were grounded to avoid the volcanos ash cloud. nearly 12 years after the attack on the world trade center, remains of one of the firefighters killed t...

Firefighters working on this. imagine the worst possible conditions, a hot, dry, windy day. today the temperature hit 90, the humidity is down to 10% and the winds are sustained 10 to 15 miles per hour with gusts of 25. now, we know that this fire has burned up to 8,000 acres already. the sheriff who is holding a news conference now says that could grow to 12 now, and theres still more work to be done. im going to step out of the way to show you what we are seeing all day we have seen this ash c...

Northeast and northwest. because of those conditions it is becoming even more difficult to fight. we know there are 500 firefighters working on this. imagine the worst possible conditions, a hot, dry, windy day. today the temperature hit 90, the humidity is down to 10% and the winds are sustained 10 to 15 miles per hour with gusts of 25. now, we know that this fire has burned up to 8,000 acres already. the sheriff who is holding a news conference now says that could grow to 12 now, and theres st...

Decision on campaign spending. miller also denied misleading congress about the problem. number three, a louisiana woman is headed to prison for nearly five years after impersonating a federal safety official following the 2010 deepwater horizon oil deal. connie knight was busted after posting fraudulent hazardous safety training after the spill. she was sentenced to 57 months and ordered to pay more than $25,000 in fines. four, a volcano is shooting ash and steam and gas thousands of feet i...

So you can. >> take a look at incredible image. alaskas volcano shooting an ash cloud 15,000 feet in the air. the erupgz started on monday and the last erupgz understand in 200 sen and lasted 29 days then. the mountain sits 600 miles

To lava, that lava will then deposit itself on the exit part of the jet, and then all of a sudden you have lava in your jet. i dont want lava anywhere, not alone in the jet engine of a plane at 30,000, 40,000 feet. when they see this ash cloud they fly around it. europe, last year, couldnt even get there because of the iceland volcano. well keep watching. these arent that severe just yet. >> thats just great to geek out on a friday afternoon. >> sure is. >> you are the chief geek, my friend. i m...