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One of the biggest dangers is the volcano that's erupting right now could actually set off another one nearby. it's happened before. there's also the ash cloud that's making its way across europe. still, meteorologist chad myers joins me now. so, chad, what is the latest as far as the cloud of ash? today, is it a lot better? >> it's better than it was the first day, obviously. the first day, the cloud went up to 40,000 feet. today the highest ash cloud was 18,000 feet. easy for planes to fly over that. you have to realize, there's still going to be an ash layer somewhere below 18,000 feet and ...

As we said before the break, eruptions from the iceland volcano are weakingen, so good news there. but there are a lot of concerns about what could happen next and how long these flights will be delayed for. one of the biggest dangers is the volcano that's erupting right now could actually set off another one nearby. it's happened before. there's also the ash cloud that's making its way across europe. still, meteorologist chad myers joins me now. so, chad, what is the latest as far as the cloud of ash? today, is it a lot better? >> it's better than it was the first day, obviously. the first da...

That the volcano's that's erupting right now could actually set off another one nearby. it's happened before. there's also the ash cloud that's making its way across europe. still, meteorologist chad myers joins me now. so, chad, what is the latest as far as the cloud of ash? today, is it a lot better? >> it's better than it was the first day, obviously. the first day, the cloud went up to 40,000 feet. today the highest ash cloud was 18,000 feet. easy for planes to fly over that. you have to realize, there's still going to be an ash layer somewhere below 18,000 feet and above about 12,000 feet...