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Right now when we're looking at what's happening, you can see the upper-level winds are steering it right in the heart of europe. later this week, we'll see a slight change where the plume will start, instead of going straight westerly, more southwest southwesterly, it will shift further to the north. while that may give countries like germany, poland and france a little breather, other countries into scandinavia like sweden, norway and finland, they'll see the plume affect them a little bit more later this week. it could take quite a while to completely dissipate. in fact, when don't know whe...

This is a big volcanic ash cloud. it is an awesome, awesome sight, quite frankly. >> it's beautiful to see. >> it really is. but my goodness. >> not if you're waiting at an airport. >> absolutely. >> is it going to blow out of there? >> it's not going to blow out of there necessarily, t.j. and kate, but it is going to shift directions. some parts of europe will get a break. for other parts, they'll see that headed their way, that ash cloud. here's a look at the picture. you see the plume of smoke as it continues to work from iceland straight toward areas into germany, france and poland as well...

Movement of the volcanic ash from the fox weather center. what is the very latest, domenica davis? >> well, you know we're in this pattern, brian, that is a problem for europe for several days. not looking at any significant change until about late next week, around thursd thursday. the way the jetstream is set up, we have steering winds from the north. that is why we are seeing the ash plume go where it is. now by thursday, that jetstream starts to shift, due to a storm that sets up in the central atlantic, and that means that the winds will shift from the northwest to the southwest and that ...

Mind around that one. and this amount of rainfall could very clearly lead to historic flooding. these are pictures of flood waters already inundating homes and businesses. the ocean overtaking roads for blocks. and as we come on air tonight, tens of thousands are already out of power. 7,000 u.s. troops are now standing by to help, and one big wild card here is how long is this storm going to just sit in one place and hammer the coast. that could mean 100 mile per hour winds lashing the coast for 24 to 36 hours and give you a sense of what that looks like, we're going to show you the scene 32 m...

Damage out there to structures. let's look at what we could expect in terms of the life-threatening storm surge. that will go away into the next couple of days and our focus is now the flooding and the path of the storm has changed. now the latest update from the national hurricane center shows it will take a turn to the north into wednesday. but it is going to be a several-day event and that is why we are so concerned with the amount of rain that is going to follow. now why is it not moving. we want to tell you about that. normally the jet stream is what dictates the patern of the weather her...