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And the average person could be two weeks or three weeks before they get to a destination. >> heather: oh, boy. christopher lee, thank you. we have to leave it there. the bottom line is it could be going on for weeks. in the meantime, travelers at other airports around the world also face major headaches from the value cannic ash. in asia, several thousand travelers stranded at airports across the continent. at least 45 flights from the region to europe were canceled today. more cancellations ar...

Revenue lost daily is staggering. laura ingle joins us with more. >> reporter: this volcano eruption in iceland is costing the global airline industry an estimated $200 million a day. that is according to the international air transport association. it could get much worse if things keep on going the way they are right now. the volcano located on the southeast portion of iceland continues to spew ash and creating a travel nightmare over parts of western europe. the clouds filled with dwrit could...

Volume of water. this causes other things. its like a tsunami of water and ice coming down. a tsunami of water and ice. animals are being affected. birds fly into the clouds of ash and they die? >> yes, they do. it was harder to my grating birds coming in and they were going through the volcanic mist. it was terrible to see. we could see some dying birds on the road and some horses that hadnt been fed. it was very sorry sight im afraid to say. >> well have to leave it there. thank you for join...

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That is coming right down at you. its like very fine particles and flow into every pore. it was like hell. it was like night. you could only see the little light of the farms underneath the mountain, underneath the volcano. >> when you step out of your car how deep is the ash? >> its like heaps of snow on the road. a couple of feet? >> yes. >> now, i understand part of the problem up there is flooding, as well. tell bus that? >> yes. of course, when a volcano starts eruption underneath a glaci...

Managed to is cape damage from the ash, but thanks to the prevailing winds, even the capital remains open, believe it or not. areas closer to the eruption are certainly affected. hundreds of people have been evacuated from their homes because the volcano is melting a glacier that is causing flooding. a layer of ash that blankets the surrounding countryside, iceland in the middle of the atlantic ocean and is no stranger to seismic activity. its the deadliest one came in the year 1783. that natura...

So its, it is going to go on and the average person could be two weeks or three weeks before they get to a destination. >> heather: oh, boy. christopher lee, thank you. we have to leave it there. the bottom line is it could be going on for weeks. in the meantime, travelers at other airports around the world also face major headaches from the value cannic ash. in asia, several thousand travelers stranded at airports across the continent. at least 45 flights from the region to europe were canceled...

Managed to is cape damage from the ash, but thanks to the prevailing winds, even the capital remains open, believe it or not. areas closer to the eruption are certainly affected. hundreds of people have been evacuated from their homes because the volcano is melting a glacier that is causing flooding. a layer of ash that blankets the surrounding countryside, iceland in the middle of the atlantic ocean and is no stranger to seismic activity. its the deadliest one came in the year 1783. that natura...

Revenue lost daily is staggering. laura ingle joins us with more. >> reporter: this volcano eruption in iceland is costing the global airline industry an estimated $200 million a day. that is according to the international air transport association. it could get much worse if things keep on going the way they are right now. the volcano located on the southeast portion of iceland continues to spew ash and creating a travel nightmare over parts of western europe. the clouds filled with dwrit could...

Volume of water. this causes other things. its like a tsunami of water and ice coming down. a tsunami of water and ice. animals are being affected. birds fly into the clouds of ash and they die? >> yes, they do. it was harder to my grating birds coming in and they were going through the volcanic mist. it was terrible to see. we could see some dying birds on the road and some horses that hadnt been fed. it was very sorry sight im afraid to say. >> well have to leave it there. thank you for join...