rain of fire. more than a dozen bombs fall on tripoli as nato launches a massive air strike on moammar gadhafi s compound. look at this trail of destruction. the search for survivors after a deadly tornado flattens a town in the u.s. midwest. it s an unpredictable situation. changing by the hour. british authorities are saying, watch this space as a voluntarily cannish ice cloud from iceland creeps further south toward the uk and main land europe. uk s official weather service told cnn the plume of ash will spread into all of british air space within the next 24 hours. thousands of people are waiting to see if their travel plans are going to be disrupted. dozens of flights to and from airports in scotland are canceled. one airline is challenging advice not to fly. irish carrier ryan air says restrictions are totally unnecessary. most airlines will review the situation around 1 p.m. gmt. let s go to emily ruben. what s the latest information you re getting? well, as you
irish carrier ryan air says restrictions are totally unnecessary. most airlines will review the situation around 1 p.m. gmt. let s go to emily ruben. what s the latest information you re getting? well, as you ve just said, the ash is spreading. the focus has been on scotland, northern ireland and northern england but it won t be long before the whole of the uk is covered. euro control, who monitor european air space, say 252 flights have been canceled so far. what s different this time to last time is that they graded the different densities of ash. the areas now most at risk are scotland, northern ireland and parts of northern england. let s take a look at how the cloud has spread. this is may 22nd, date of the volcano erupting over iceland. by the following day, it spread pretty much over green land down over the uk and across parts of russia. the latest diagram shows from the may shows the ash cloud has