Another Icelandic Volcano
President Obama cut his visit to Ireland short to avoid the ash cloud from yet another Icelandic volcano.
Iceland's airports were closed Sunday and trans-Atlantic flights were being diverted around that country's airspace. Last year it was the Eyjafjallajokull volcano and now it is a volcano with another unpronounceable name, the Grimsvotn volcano, which is spewing ashes into the atmosphere. At this time the air travel disruption is only impacting flights over Iceland, but the disruption could expand at any time.
Labels: air travel, Iceland, natural disasters