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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 yesterday when they were trying to land that. good news they have it down. atlanta to nashville, pushing eas...

Weather forced them to cancel yesterday's landing attempt and they're 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 week's 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 isn't. thousands of flights have been cancelled and even the u.s. military are changing routes. wounded soldiers...

Surface to 30,000, 35,000 feet, the winds change direction and speed at every level of that atmosphere. so you just don't 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, it's 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. that's what started all the worry today. so most of the ash or most of the worry is really from the surface to about...

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 it's comical and it's sad. we are tossing money away. >> it's ridiculous. >> we've got people homeless on the streets and we could keep going. i look forward to you continuing your coverage. thank you, drew. you'll be busy for the next 40 years of your life. >> all right. something else we've been talking a lot about, very annoying and very frustrating. rob marciano, has been this volcanoish ash that has shut down across the country an...

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 don't 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 pilot his first impression. >> this looks like the gates of hell. >> reporter: this is what happens a...