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Tonight, a big volcano becomes a giant pain in the ash. its the worst disruption of air travel since the attacks of 9/11. 4,000 flights grounded. the reason, a volcano in iceland opened a new vent last night spewing a huge cloud of ash. tonight, its still going. aviation professionals will say they just dont know when it will be safe for passengers to fly again. the ash cloud is hundreds of miles wide and thousands of feet high. volcanic ash is essentially tiny particles of glad and rock. and th...

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Joining us from d.c., geologists with the u.s. geological survey. thanks for joining us. >> good morning. >> a lot of people woke up and saw headlines that this ash cloud would be headed toward north america. explain whats happening here. >> well, there is a high pressure system north of greenland sending a small ton of ash over towards the area between greenland and north america. the model i looked at did not show any ash going over north america itself. >> im sure you have seen many things in...

Millions of dollars is getting stronger. spewing more ash. up to 15,000 feet in the air. to make matters worse, if this can get worse, that new cloud is now spreading south and east towards the united kingdom. the new development could complicate a plan to resume flights on a wider scale tomorrow over europe, could also pose other dangers. but first, we want to show you what that ash cloud looks like up close. gary tuckman got caught in the middle of an ash cloud today. take a look. >> reporter:...

The world health organization says that the ash cloud poses no threat, except those closest to the volcano. that offers to comfort to those living in the cvolcanos homes. we have the pictures to prove it. gary tuchman takes us inside the volcano zone. >> at the base of the iceland volcano, the day is cold and very clear. up the road a short distance, what looks like a big gray curtain, that very quickly lowess closes on us, visibility drops to near zero as we drive through the volcanos giant ash...

Air. look at those pictures. to make matters worse, is that new cloud is now spreading south and east toward the united kingdom. the new development could complicate a plan to resume flights on a wider scale tomorrow over europe. it could also pose other dangers. first we want to show you what that ash cloud looks like up close or from inside. gary tuchman is on the ground in ice lan. he got caught in the middle of an ash cloud today. take a look. >> reporter: in the western part of iceland, it ...

Stranded aboard and already, the royal navy helping to bring them home from france and northern spain. the british very anxious to get their planes back in the air again. >> tom, thank you so much for that. also, this. the state department is going to give emergency loans to some stranded americans who have nowhere else to turn as they wait out the ash cloud. this while some lucky passengers are finally on their way home after being stranded for six days. >> i am so happy to be getting out of he...

A day or more. some flights did resume today in european air face, but not many. the european commission said it would open air space on a wider scale tomorrow. three different flight soerngs only one of which will be open to all flights. take a look at what it looks like tonight. up in the air, you can see the ash cloud outlined here. its hard for me to see on this monitor. there we go. also night flooigting coming in and out of european air space. on a normal night, this map would show much mo...

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