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Weekend in russia. about 1.5 million people lined the streets of krakow for the funeral procession. president obama and several other heads of state had planned to attend the funeral, but had to cancel their trips because of volcano ash that has shut down most air travel across europe. it's not clear when flights in europe will resume, because the volcano in iceland is still erupting ash. that's left millions of passengers around the world stranded. geologists say there doesn't seem to be an end in sight to the volcanic eruptions. but klm, the dutch subsidiary says they plan to flight seven pl...

Of a volcano spewing ash in icelandic. travelers are living in airports waiting to see if the skies clear and flights resume. it could be days before that happens. and in iceland, the volcano continues to spew ash more that be five miles into the air. scientists plant to fly over to determine how much longer the eruption will last but that flight has been postponed too. laura ingle is live with more. >> the ash put a massive lid over european air travel that grounded 16,000 flights today. they're calling it the worst disruption with 2 million people affected. at the international air taste tra...

You can't see it. but i woke up this morning, went out to my vehicle and it was covered in a nice, fine film of dust which was volcano ash. we're told it isn't a hazard to your health but it is a potential hazard to aircraft flying. that's why the decision has been taken all aircraft will be ground until these skies are clear. that may be a few days yet. >> kelly: all right. mark white from our sister network sky news. thank you. >> jamie: eight more banks closing doors in five states. regulators with the fdic, the federal deposit insurance corporation, shutting three banks in florida networks...

Airline industry more than $200 million a day. iceland officials say the amount of ash in the plume is increasing, which has hit 21 countries with delays. the ash will persist at least 24-hours or more, putting a strain on airfreight business. euro control reports only 5,000 flights will take place in europe today compared to the usual 22,000. stranded passengers not only have flights cancelled but they've run out of the money to put themself up at hotels. >> they won't give us luggage and they won't pay for hotels, food, nothing. >> my flight was meant to go this morning but now it's -- i can...

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 ...