we drive through the volcano s giant ash plume. the view out the side window looks like something you might see from the window of a submarine. you can see virtually nothing. only ten minutes away from here it s sunny. there are almost no clouds in the sky. but now it feels like nighttime. it s literally raining ash. the ash is going into my eyes, it s on the streets. we are south of the volcano. this is the way the wind is blowing. in the western part of iceland, reykjavik, it s normal. but east of the volcano, the people who live here are suffering. their properties are getting destroyed because of this ash storm and we don t know yet how bad the health effects are. we asked the helicopter pilot, a very good one at that, to get as close to the volcano as he dared. he took us within several hundred feet. it looked like an out of control fireworks show with bottle rockets going haywire, shooting what looked like rocks, but were actually boulders out of the crater. the steam kept changi
iceland volcano, the day is cold and very clear. but up the road a short distance, what looks like a big gray curtain that very quickly closes on us. there is nothing gradual about it. visibility drops to near zero as we drive through the volcano s giant ash plume. the view out the side window looks like something you might see from the window of a submarine. you can see virtually nothing. only ten minutes away from here it s sunny. there are almost no clouds in the sky. but now it feels like nighttime. it s literally raining ash. the ash is going into my eyes, it s on the streets. we are south of the volcano. this is the way the wind is blowing. in the western part of iceland, rage vick, it s normal. but east of the volcano, the people who live here are suffering. their properties are getting destroyed because of this ash storm and we don t know yet how bad the health effects are. we asked the helicopter pilot, a very good one at that, to get as
gary tuchman has seen the ash cloud up close, near the volcano, a surreal and unnerving experience to say the least. here s his 360 dispatch. reporter: at the base of the iceland volcano, the day is cold and very clear. but up the road a short distance, what looks like a big gray curtain that very quickly closes on us. there is nothing gradual about it. visibility drops to near zero as we drive through the volcano s giant ash plume. the view out the side window looks like something you might see from the window of a submarine. you can see virtually nothing. only ten minutes away from here it s sunny. there are almost no clouds in the sky. but now it feels like nighttime. it s literally raining ash. the ash is going into my eyes, it s on the streets. we are south of the volcano. this is the way the wind is blowing. in the western part of iceland, reykjavik, the capital, where most of the people live, it s completely normal. but south of the volcano, east of the volcano, the farmer o
over northern europe even though there s still that volcanic ash cloud in the air. the european air traffic agent experts expects more than half of the flights scheduled today to go ahead and not out of london, necessarily. scientists say winds are pulling the ash cloud that was drifting over the north sea back over britain now. as for that volcano, it s still erupting right now, actually and our gary tuchman is right there. he s going to take you now inside the volcano zone. reporter: at the base of the iceland volcano, the day is cold and very clear, but at the road, a short distance what looks like a big gray curtain that very quickly, closes on us. there is nothing gradual about it. visibility drops to near zero as we drive through the volcano s giant ash plume. the view out of the side window is like something you might see out of a submarine. you can see virtually nothing. there are almost no clouds in the sky and it feels like nighttime.
the world health organization says that the ash cloud poses no threat, except those closest to the volcano. that offers to comfort to those living in the cvolcano s homes. we have the pictures to prove it. gary tuchman takes us inside the volcano zone. at the base of the iceland volcano, the day is cold and very clear. up the road a short distance, what looks like a big gray curtain, that very quickly lowe ss closes on us, visibility drops to near zero as we drive through the volcano s giant ash plume. you could see virtually nothing. only ten minutes away from here, it is sunny, almost no clouds in the sky. now, it feels like nighttime. it is literalry raining ash. the ash is going into my eyes. it is on the street. we are south of the volcano. this is the way it is blowing.