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States, we can be blessed here in iceland that this hasnt really caused any damage to the people. but, of course, great difficulty for the farmers and the local people, especially the sheep farmers. >> mr. president, i really appreciate you giving us an update on the situation. i suppose the only question id like to follow up with, because we have got this huge breaking story in america involving this tornado, is what kind of effect do you think this volcanic eruption will have on air traffic ov...

Control has said that 252 flights have already been canceled. it is only scotland that has been affected here. it could get worse. many people are just watching the wind patterns to see how the situation develops. just look at these incredible pictures, carol. you can see the plume of ash coming high up into the sky there in iceland. it is just difficult to predict the winds. the question for many scientists right now is, carol, this. has this volcano totally blown its top off already? we have a...

Moisture down toward the south. at the same time, colder air riding in from the west. this is going to be the perfect setup today for those severe storms once again, produce tornadoes. anywhere in orange this is our moderate threat and anywhere in parts of southern kansas as well as northern parts of oklahoma are going to be dealing with the high risk and high risk is exactly the situation we had last month when you remember we had all those deadly storms and tornadoes that moved through parts o...

Traffic over the next few days? last time we saw at least two weeks of chaos throughout europe. are you anticipating a similar situation this time? >> no, no, definitely not. the flights started from iceland yesterday afternoon, or, actually, this afternoon. and, in fact, in terms of europe, this is not going to be anywhere like what happened last year. its a -- its a different eruption. and although europe is also better prepared to deal with it. there might be some difficulties in scotland and...

Will cover the entire british isles by the end of the day. now, this cloud forced airlines to cancel 252 flights today. most routes are between scotland and northern ireland. and so far, this eruption has not caused the kind of problems another volcano did when it blew last spring. >> it goes up in the air and might go to other countries, as you were just mentioning. but listening to you describing whats happening in the united states, we can be blessed here in iceland that this hasnt really cau...

In scotland and in scandinavia, but, fortunately, i think we can truly say the nature of this eruption will not cause similar disturbances as last year. but, of course, it is a monumental eruption. its the biggest one we have had in that area of iceland for 140 years. >> clearly, a serious situation. mr. president, thank you very much for spending the time. if you dont mind, im going to go back to missouri where the weather is deteriorating again. i want to get a quick update. after this break w...

That are coming into our website from the ground in joplin, missouri, where the cleanup and the search and rescue mission, most importantly, continues at this hour. all of that at foxnews.com. and there is ash and smoke from an icelandic, sroe volcano, forg air traffic controllers to ground thousands of flights over the u.k. again. there is reason to believe the worst of the eruption may be over. amy kellogg joins us live from london. >> reporter: we sort of think that but we cant be all togethe...

Year. its a -- its a different eruption. and although europe is also better prepared to deal with it. there might be some difficulties in scotland and in scandinavia, but, fortunately, i think we can truly say the nature of this eruption will not cause similar disturbances as last year. but, of course, it is a monumental eruption. its the biggest one we have had in that area of iceland for 140 years. >> clearly, a serious situation. mr. president, thank you very much for spending the time. if yo...

Volcanos. jen, whats going to happen? >> we got a good practice out of the last eruption. as were looking at this graphic, this is flight radar 24.com. it shows you and tracks all the planes in the skies. the yellow are the planes out there. you dont see much activity through areas, including scotland as well as northern parts of england. thats because an ash cloud causing some disruption. as we go over to our next graphic here and hopefully we can pull this up. well show you the ash cloud as it...

And one serving of fruit, a tennis ball. - you know, both parties agree. our kids can be healthier... the more you know. the eruption of a volcano in iceland wreaking havoc on flight schedules right now. and even forcing barack obama to change his european travel plans. already the ash cloud has swept over parts of norway and denmark, on its way to scotland. michelle kosinski is in london with the latest there. youre watching that for us, yet another one. >> you almost cant take your eyes off ...