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The flood water contains large chunks of ice and roads and bridges...

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15 posted on 04/15/2010 2:27:32 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)

LONDON (Reuters) - A huge ash cloud from an Icelandic volcano turned the skies of northern Europe into a no-fly zone on Thursday, stranding hundreds of thousands of passengers.

The European air safety organization said the disruption, the biggest seen in the region, could last another two days and a leading volcano expert said the ash could present intermittent problems to air traffic for 6 months if the eruption continued.

Even if the disruption is short lived, the financial impact on airlines could be significant, a consultant said. The International Air Transport Association had said only days ago airlines were slowly coming out of recession.

The volcano began erupting on Wednesday for the second time in a month from below the Eyjafjallajokull glacier. It hurled a plume of ash six to 11 kilometers (3.8 to 7 miles) into the atmosphere, and this spread south east overnight.

17 posted on 04/15/2010 2:42:28 PM PDT by TaraP (He never offered our victories without fighting but he said help would always come in time)

20 posted on 04/15/2010 3:10:47 PM PDT by TaraP (He never offered our victories without fighting but he said help would always come in time)

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