25 May Grimsvoetn Volcano eruption ended

Grimsvoetn Volcano eruption ended

Grimsvoetn Icelandic eruption ended Wednesday after more than four days of work, according to Icelandic geologists, removing the specter of a long air chaos as that caused, one year ago, the ash from the volcano Eyjafjoell."There was no activity from 2.00 am GMT (5.00, time) this morning (Wednesday). Basically, column (ash) has disappeared," said a geologist at the Meteorological Office of Iceland, Sigthrudur Armannsdottir .After reaching up to 20 km altitude in the hours following the eruption on Saturday, the cloud from the eruption Grimsvoetn fell rapidly to less than 2,000 meters on Tuesday night, then became irregular , on Tuesday night to Wednesday.Since Tuesday evening, the Icelandic authorities have announced that the eruption will stop by this weekend.A plane would fly over Grimsvoetn to determine more precisely the situation and, especially, to analyze the composition of the spine, announced emergency services."We will not declare him dead, before you really die," said Urdari Gunnarsdottir, a spokeswoman for the civil security.But Grimsvoetn eruption, very violent, at first, seems to be ending. Earthquakes around the volcano ended Tuesday, and the activity, which diminish progressively, reached a "minimal" Gunnarsdottir said.Grimsvoetn volcano, located in Vatnajoekull glacier in southeast Iceland, the most active volcano on the island, but its eruptions are most often short-lived, but one in 1873, which lasted seven months.Some experts like less likely that a new increase in volcanic activity, which does not reflect the past behavior of the volcano.Although it caused the cancellation of 100,000 flights and did not affect about eight million passengers Eyjafjoell that the volcano in 2010 as the largest peacetime air disturbance, the volcano was superior Grimsvoetn his neighbor, in geological terms.Reaching 20 km altitude, the column rose more than twice the maximum altitude reached by the eruption of 2010. Also in the first 24 hours, Grimsvoetn volcano threw ash into the atmosphere more than Eyjafjoell volcano in 40 days, according to calculations by experts, quoted by the Icelandic media.In addition, air traffic problems caused by the volcano emitted ash cloud continued Grimsvoetn and Wednesday. Once trained, the cancellation of 500 flights on Tuesday, mostly in northern Great Britain, has blocked the cloud to ground 700 flights Wednesday to and from Germany.

Afactat rest of Europe is not, according to Eurocontrol European body and the situation would normalize Wednesday, late in the day, removing fears of chaos huge challenge.