Volcanoish Ash News Today

Lower elevations because the winds are lighter and more multidrexel. getting some of that ash all the way to the northeast. obviously, the most concentrated is across parts of northern europe. the northeast is fairly clear. right now, temperatures in the mid to upper 40s. we had frost advisories early in the morning. chilly start to the spring day. down across the south, we are talking about florida and the space shuttle landing, spectacular. the weather much better today as compared to yesterda...

Weather forced them to cancel yesterdays landing attempt and theyre now only three shuttle missions left. a day of mourning for quake victims in china. all public entertainment will be canceled tomorrow out of respect for the more than 2,000 people killed in last weeks major earthquake. 195 people missing and yesterday we did bring you the remarkable stories of two survivors pulled from that rubble. the volcano in iceland may be winding down, but the danger from the ash cloud isnt. thousands...

Surface to 30,000, 35,000 feet, the winds change direction and speed at every level of that atmosphere. so you just dont know where the ash is going at different levels, it is going in different spots. the stronger it is at the upper levels and the higher it gets, its much easier to predict. we had a better job at that last week. here is a shot yesterday taken. there is the volcano, the ash plume heading from pretty much due north to south. that was driving it towards the u.k. thats what started...

The only scheduled was a ups flight and they had this ten-foot fence. who paid for that? >> homeland security. >> oh, geez. it just gets better. we laugh, but its comical and its sad. we are tossing money away. >> its ridiculous. >> weve got people homeless on the streets and we could keep going. i look forward to you continuing your coverage. thank you, drew. youll be busy for the next 40 years of your life. >> all right. something else weve been talking a lot about, very annoying and very fr...

In the person part of iceland, reykjavik, where most of the people live, life is completely normal. south and east of the volcano, the foorm owners and landowners, the people are suffering. their property is getting destroyed because of the ash storms. we dont know yet how bad the storm is. >> we asked the helicopter pilot to get as close to the volcano as he dare. he took us within several hundred feet. shooting what looked like rocks but were actually boulders out of the crater. i asked the pi...

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...