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.
disruption for sure. how long can this go on for? how long can ash keep spewing? i think if we look back to previous eruptions of grimsvotn, they typically don t last too long. mostly of a week. this is following the same pattern. most of cloud went to the north and now it looks, fingers crossed, that things are slowing down a bit. there are no absolutes, of course. is an an inprecise science but let s hope for the best. dr. matthew watson, thanks. you re watching world one love from london. thanks for joining us. we want to show you more pictures of those dramatic images of tornadoes forming in the us of the midwest. one of america s deadliest tornadoes on record striking on sunday. in a few minutes the u.s.
time. even here you can see we re predicting that ash to spread down to the south, even up until 6:00 this evening. back over to you, zain. oh, no, not again. not again. oh, no. why? it doesn t sound as bad as last time, though. we ll keep an eye on it, jen. juror watching world one live from london. here are some other stories we re talking about today. take a look at this car. this is the one in the u.s. president s limo convoy. guess what happened to it? boom, right there. coming out of the ramp out of the u.s. embassy it gets stuck. it happened and some onlookers were thinking that was actually the president s boom-proof cadillac known as the beast but it wasn t. the secret service says it was a spare limo carrying staff and support personnel. nojs, a scene like, this you really don t want to have on such a major trip with the u.s. president. it s embarrassing. that was stuck for a few hours. the recovery truck had to move
tokyo. travel plans of thousands of people are now in doubt as the ash cloud moves from iceland and further south. the uk s official weather center is telling cnn that this plume will cover all british air space within the next 24 hours. so far 252 flights, mainly out of scotland v been canceled. we want to talk to an expert who can tell us more about what s going on and a reality check of that ash. dr. watson is a lecture at bristol university and joins me now on skype. hi there. how much of a threat is this ash? oh, well, let s let s not if an aircraft flies through a dense ash cloud it s in real trouble. this stuff is like very, very fine sand or glass. you mentioned what would happen if you took a piece of sand paper to your car, that s roughly what would happen to an
they can make four, five lineups without problems and four, five lineups are always competitive. so, it s one of the best teams of the world. just this year, you know, the last five, ten, 15 years. he actually said after that that everything, absolutely everything about manchester united scares him. kate giles, thank you. look out, here it comes. more on that ash cloud that is now heading for britain and mainland europe. we ll be speaking to an expert on what exactly is up there and what s different this time around. we ll take a closer look at that ugly ash.