this volcano erupted, back in 1821, it lasted 15 months and was very strong. it s a little noisy out here today in reykjavik. the reason is because they have a public holiday tomorrow, it s called the first day of summer holiday. they celebrate summer two months early in iceland. this isn t like summer to me, about 28 degrees fahrenheit. reykjavik is kind of a big drinking town, as i recall, isn t it? reporter: it s a party town, anderson, but we re going to sleep after this is over. no doubt about it. i m sure. gary, appreciate it. thanks for all the reporting this week. what about the ash from that volcano? will it continue to pose a threat to air traffic? that s what we want to know. joining me now is severe weather expert, chad myers. chad, what s the forecast in the air for the next couple days? for northern europe, all of ireland in the clear. for parts in different eruptions, parts of scandinavia may be in jeopardy if this goes up higher again.
ground, the ash is starting to cover the ground. in the western part of iceland, in this direction, life is almost completely normal. in reykjavik, the capital, the winds haven t blown in that direction. they haven t seen any of this ash. but to the south of the volcano, to the east of the volcano, this is going on right now. this is a farm. there are farmers who live here. and you can see you can t see their land, it s covered with ash. it s unknown how much property damage they ll suffer. you can t clean it up because they don t know how long the volcano will last. we visited the farm yesterday, the farmer had ash that turned into mud. he wasn t sure how long it d be until he got more ash. and now the farm is covered with ash again. it s unknown how bad the health effects are, but the situation is very serious. it s surreal right now that you can t see anything whatsoever because we are in an ash storm. this is gary tuchman, cnn. well, about 8,000 to 9,000 flights were expected to