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Follows the prevailing winds. if there was no winds, the cloud would just fall right back on the volcano. >> scientists say the ash cloud over europe could hover for days and days to come. the funeral for polish president lech kaczynski is under way in the city of krakow. the bodies of kaczynski and his wife, maria, were flown to krakow from warsaw today. saturday, hundreds of thousands gathered for a memorial in honor of the 96 people killed when the presidents plane crashed in western russia...

Matter of hours. a european union commissioner says if the ash cloud continues to move, and thats a big if, almost half of the air space would be risk free tomorrow, they think. meantime, test flights were airborne today across europe. there were no passengers aboard. they were just tests at this point. but an e.u. official says there was, quote, no impact on the flight, and one airline spokesperson declares europes air space is safe except for the area near iceland. like passengers left waiting...

People locally here, is a completely different issue. we have already seen there have been evacuations during the week when farmers, particularly, its a pretty sparsely populated area have been moved out of their homes. they are worried again about flood water. as that volcano melts the glass layer on the -- glassier on glas sherri. its a worry here significant one. they look on with complete bewilderment of what this hill here and what lies beneath it is doing to so many parts of the world. >> ...

Empty jets to see if there is a permissible level. we hope they share their information so the rest of us can understand this. >> "nightly news" talked about beyond the ash cloud and aviation, the environment itself, peoples ability to breathe clean and safe air. how is this all affected by this thick, mushy ash when its combined with the water on the ground there? >> well, sulfur dioxide in the plume can combine with water and make sulfur dioxide droplets, which can fall to the ground and creat...

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By the end of sunday, more than 63,000 flights will have been canceled since april 15th and that out of 24,000 flights that normally operate on sunday, only some 4000 will fly. now, i just heard from the american red cross here in new york. representatives say they are currently working with the citys operation of emergency management and port authority to help the travelers out. so far the red cross has delivered 800 cots and blankets to jfk airport and well continue to bring you the latest. >>...

The big apple. new york city could lose up to $250 million in tourism-related revenue because of that ash cloud in a typical april, more than 12,000 people from europe visit new york and they spend $3 million a day. but, shep, in florida, sea world is making a splash with foreign visitors that are stranded there. it is giving them free one-day passes while they are stuck, shep. >> shepard: its not just people. when it comes to packages, if it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight, wel...

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Causing chaos for hundreds of thousands of would-be travelers. >> i want to go home. [ laughter ] i just want to go home. >> i travel a lot, so i have got a lot of delays. this is the weirdest. >> from oslo to amsterdam, london to gentleman new years eve vavment airports are canceling more and more flights. heathrow alone 840 of 1250 scheduled flights were cancelled today, affecting some 180,000 passengers. and there is no end in sight. the grounding of flights likely to continue as long as the ...

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