bits and pieces from the northern island.
Today was a beautiful, sunny day in Iceland. Tourists stranded here by the Eyjafjallajökull ash cloud and Icelanders were happily strolling the streets of Reykjavík. Others took their car, or rented one, to get as close as possible to the volcano, as we did yesterday (check our photos here). Traffic on IcelandChronicles.com was high, with … Read the full article →
…or you won’t ever leave (or reach) this island! It seems that in an effort to help all readers from other countries, I neglected updating those interested in the situation in Iceland’s air space. I must thank one of our readers for pointing this out. There is a reason for this, which might sound surprising … Read the full article →
Air traffic disruption will continue through the weekend, with the situation worsening as the ash cloud spreads throughout Central and Eastern Europe. Even countries like Sweden, that had reopened their air space earlier today, had to close it again in the evening. Depending on winds and volcano activity, chaos might continue in the next week. … Read the full article →
As we reported yesterday, halt to flights in Europe is likely to continue into the weekend. The ash cloud is moving south and east, moved by north northwest winds. Thus, Norway reopened part of their air space in the morning, Scotland and Northern Ireland will reopen their air space today at 18:00 GMT, and Sweden … Read the full article →
Sorry for the lack of updates in the morning, but writing until 6 in the morning and waking up early is very difficult. During the night, two more floods from the Gígjökull glacial tongue (an outlet glacier of Eyjafjallajökull) reached the Markarfljót river, which caused flooding of the area similar to what we saw yesterday, … Read the full article →
Our nifty map with the cute icons was loved by readers today, but the Internet is oozing with websites with better means than ours, so here is a collection of some of the images and videos we could find on the web. Nasa These guys are good, but they were a bit quiet today, probably … Read the full article →
A final update before bed time. Life in Reykjavík goes on as usual. Most people we met downtown today were not even remotely scared by the eruption or the ash cloud. Whoever mentioned dust masks became immediately object of ridicule and scorn. So, really, people in the city are not really worried for the time … Read the full article →
About 30 minutes ago, Health Protection Scotland and NHS National Services Scotland reported that the volcanic ash is now reaching ground level. The ashes will reach ground level over UK starting from Scotland, before moving south during the night. Anyhow, according to the same sources, the concentration of particles that will reach ground level at … Read the full article →