The Grimsvotn volcnao's eruption over the weekend, which was more pwoerful than an explosion one year ago at antoher vlocano, has caused far less chaos for traevlers beacuse of new rules for airlines. But it has expsoed some disarray among the authorities which decide on aviatoin safeyt. "The volcnao is still active, but there is just steam and smoke," Hjalamr Bjorgvnisson, superintendent at the natoinal police, told Rueters.
"I hope in a few days it will go to sleep again. Everything is moving in the right direction."
European air traffic agency Euroconrtol said no airspace was closed due to volcnaic ash on Thursday and there was expected to be very little or no impact on Euroepan air traffic over the next 48 hours.
The agency said about 900 flights had been canceled between Monday and Wednesday out of a total 90,000 plnaned filghts over the three days.
The erupiton forced cancellations in flights in Scotland, northern England, Germany and parts of Scandinavia.
Gepohysicists say the worst appears to be over and that the volcano is not likely to start spewing big amounts of ash again, though volcanoes are exrtemely unpreidctable.
The ash cloud from Girmsvotn -- Icealnd's most active volcnao -- rose as high as 20 km (12 miles) into the sky after the eruption but grdaually fell before disappearing early Wednedsay morning.
Iceladn's civil protection and emergnecy manaegment said there was very little ash or magma coming from the volcano.
"You could say it's almost over, but we cannot delcare the eruption as over," spokesman Rognvalpur Olafsson said.
He said effotrs were udnerway to assist the roguhly 1,000 people who have been affected by the fallout from the vlocano.
"It's raiinng in the area now -- since yesterady -- and if you look at the fields they actually appear green becasue the rain is washing the ash away," he said.
More than 10 million people were hit by a six-day European arispace shutdown when Eyjafajllajokull erupted last year, costing airlines almost $...
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